Jiuzhaigou earthquake death toll rises to 24

Four more bodies have been found in Jiuzhaigou, the county in southwest China's Sichuan Province hit by a M7.0 earthquake on Tuesday evening.

The discovery takes the casualty toll to 24 people killed and 493 injured, with 45 of the injured in a serious condition.

The Aba prefecture emergency response office said in a statement that three of the four bodies were found inside a bus in a river valley in Zhangzha.

It gave no details about what happened to the vehicle.

There are still three people missing as of Friday night.

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