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Death toll of recent quake in Italy reaches 295

ROME, Aug 31 (KUNA) -- Death toll of the recent powerful earthquake that ravaged wide areas in central Italy has risen to 294, the civil defense declared on Wednesday.
The civil defense said in a statement that rescuers had pulled a dead body from wreckage of a devastated hotel in the town of Amatrice, adding that one injured Italian had passed away.
Authorities reported a chain of aftershocks since the major quake struck at dawn last Wednesday. (end) mn.rk