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Terrible scenes take place on Tuesday in the Croatian city of Petrinja: the strong earthquake causes houses to collapse, stones, bricks and beams to fall, burying passersby. Residents rush to the rescue, searching for their loved ones under the rubble. Like Dinko Radojčević, who is actually looking for his daughter, but finds Laura C. *, 13 years old.
Crying, she tells «Jutarniy»: «I tried to revive her for 40 minutes. Only then did an ambulance come and I looked for her pulse. “Vain. Laura C. is dead, struck by falling debris. Radojčević says she hung a rosary around her neck. She only turned 13 five days ago.
“Why does a child have to die?”
His mother is also at the scene of the accident. “Laura, Laura!” She keeps screaming. Passersby cry and rescuers cannot hold back their tears, a local reporter describes the scenes. Dinko Radojčević is upset: “I am so angry! Take everything from me, take my life, but why does a child have to die? ”
Laura is not the only victim on this dark day for Croatia. Seven people will die on Tuesday, according to local media. The 65-year-old organist from a church in Žažina, Stanko Z. *, was hit by falling stones when the 15-meter-high church tower collapsed during the earthquake. After six hours, rescuers found his body.
Aftershocks create fear and horror
On Wednesday morning, the population was again frightened by the aftershocks. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) awarded strengths 4.8 and 4.6. The epicenters were again about 45 kilometers southeast of Zagreb. Initially, nothing was known about new victims.
“What has not yet fallen from the ruins of the city has now fallen,” Petrinja Mayor Darinko Dumbovic told state television HRT. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake devastated downtown Petrinja and the nearby town of Sisak district on Tuesday.
A total of 38 tremors were recorded in Croatia in the last 49 hours. The earth had already shook for the first time on Monday. Earthquakes of magnitude 5.2 and 5.0 initially only caused property damage. Croatian seismologists expect new earthquakes. In Petrinja, many people spent Wednesday night outdoors or in their cars fearing further earthquakes, Croatian media reported. (neo / SDA)
