Death toll in rockfall rises to 18: army

The death toll from a rockfall at a limestone quarry on Indonesia's Java island rose to 18 yesterday, with another seven people still missing and feared dead, a military official said.

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Workers and heavy equipment were buried when rocks suddenly fell at the mining site in the city of Cirebon in West Java province on Friday morning.

The rockfall also injured at least 12 people.

"Today, we retrieved one more body, which brings the total death toll to 18 people, while seven more people are still missing," local military chief Mukhammad Yusron told AFP. "We suspect the missing victims have already died."