Death toll in China quake

The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang, near the epicenter of Monday's massive, 7.9-magnitude quake.

The Sichuan Daily newspaper reported on its Web site that more than 26,000 people were injured in Mianyang.

The numbers of casualties was expected to rise due to the remoteness of the areas affected by the quake and difficulty in finding buried victims.

There was little prospect that many survivors would be found under the rubble. Only 58 people were extricated from demolished buildings across the quake area so far, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hongwei told Xinhua. In one county, 80 percent of the buildings were destroyed. ...more

left: school bag& the small hand right: The hands of dead students are seen among the rubble of a collapsed school in Dujiangyan

So sad to watch news. Heart bleeding when looking at pictures showed buried victims. There are dozens of bodies were placed under a tarp canopy and wrapped in sheets or blankets and their relatives are crying around the body... The worst thing happening in the afternoon while teens studying at school. School building collapsed, just in a sudden! Child & teenagers was killed... Why all this things happened? It just happened ! Feel sympathies by watching at the death toll is keep on rising. What's a sad news.

//I have deleted all death person's photos in order to maintain the final dignity for those victim.