Boy, 5, pulled alive from rubble 12 hours after Indonesia tsunami (Metro)

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This is the moment a five-year-old boy is pulled alive from the rubble over 12 hours after a tsunami hit Indonesia on Saturday.

At least 281 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when an infamous volcano, known as the Anak Krakatau, erupted and caused a 20ft wave to hit the beaches around the Sunda Strait.

The wave hit between the islands of Java and Sumatra at about 9.30pm local time, and since then, dozens of people have been missing from the disaster areas along the coastlines of western Java and southern Sumatra islands.

A huge search and rescue operation was launched to find survivors on Sunday and to move the dead. Read more

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