'I carried his body': Grim work at the heart of Aceh's killer quake as toll passes 100

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated December 9 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 6:29pm
Military personnel and aid workers carry out victims of the Aceh earthquake in Pidie Jaya. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Military personnel and aid workers carry out victims of the Aceh earthquake in Pidie Jaya. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Injured people receive treatment outside a hospital in the quake-devastated area. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Injured people receive treatment outside a hospital in the quake-devastated area. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
A victim of the earthquake is loaded into an ambulance in Pidie Jaya regency. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
A victim of the earthquake is loaded into an ambulance in Pidie Jaya regency. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
An Islamic centre that collapsed in the Aceh earthquake. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
An Islamic centre that collapsed in the Aceh earthquake. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Search and rescue efforts after the earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province, about 120 kilometres south-east of the city of Banda Aceh. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Search and rescue efforts after the earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province, about 120 kilometres south-east of the city of Banda Aceh. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
The meunasah, or Islamic school and cultural centre, after Wednesday's earthquake. Photo: Supplied
The meunasah, or Islamic school and cultural centre, after Wednesday's earthquake. Photo: Supplied

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