A week after quake, rescuers find 3 survivors in Nepal

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Monday 04 May 2015 - 11:24 Makkah mean time-15-7-1436 Photo: Star Tribune Kathmandu (IINA) – Rescuers have found three survivors in a mountainous village in Nepal, eight days after the devastating earthquake, AP reported, citing a Nepalese official. Surya Prasad Upadhaya, a government administrator, said that two men and a woman were pulled out Sunday from near Syauli village. They have been taken to a nearby military hospital for treatment. Other details are not immediately known. The district is the worst hit by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake with the highest number of casualties. It is located about 60 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu. AB/IINA