‘We didn’t find anyone alive’: Earthquake buries the faithful at Sagaing religious sites

Residents of the Myanmar town say hundreds may have died needlessly due to a slow and inadequate response to last week’s earthquake, while centuries-old mosques and monasteries lie in ruins and the stench of dead bodies fills the streets.

By FRONTIER

The Moe Kya Jamay Mosque in Sagaing town was full of worshippers when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:51pm on March 28, nine minutes before Friday prayers were due to start. The sudden, violent shaking sent the attendees running for the exit, even as the mosque began collapsing around them.

Not all of them managed to escape.