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1st LD: Nepal quake toll rises to 4,264, another 7,000 injured

Xinhua, April 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Nepal has climbed to 4,264 people, including 20 mountaineers, and more than 7,000 others were injured, said the National Emergency Operation Center of Nepal's Home Ministry on Tuesday morning.

More than 400,000 houses were destroyed or damaged by Saturday' s earthquake, which was followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 6.7-magnitude quake on Sunday afternoon, affecting more than 6.6 million people, according to the emergency operation center. Endi