More than 100 dead reported in Indonesia quake

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, May 27 (Reuters) An earthquake that shook the area around Indonesia's ancient royal city of Yogyakarta early today has killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds, hospital staff said.

''Until 10:30 (0900 ist), 56 people were recorded killed at Bethesda (hospital)'' in Yogyakarta, Subandi, an official at the hospital's morgue, told Reuters by telephone.

Most of the dead suffered head injuries and broken bones from collapsing buildings.

Officials at three other hospitals in and around Yogyakarta had earlier given figures for the dead totalling 51.

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