The Indonesian Army deployed a thousand personnel to join rescue and mitigation efforts in the disaster zones of Monday’s deadly earthquake that rocked Cianjur District, Antara news agency reported on Tuesdsay.
“As of Tuesday morning, we have deployed around one thousand personnel from several army units that are close to disaster zones in Cianjur,” the army headquarters’ spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Hamim Tohari, remarked.
In addition to the deployment of one thousand soldiers, the army would send personnel from medical and health services, logistics and transportation, and engineering units to serve the affected residents, he noted.
Army personnel from logistics and transportation units would help set up public kitchens in disaster zones, he added.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), a 5.6-magnitude earthquake had jolted Cianjur on Monday at 1:21pm local time, killing at least 62 people and injuring 362 others.
