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NZ cops identify 5th Pinoy fatality in quake


The New Zealand (NZ) police identified on Tuesday the fifth Filipino victim — Valquin Descalsota Bensurto, 23 — who died in a magnitude-6.3 quake that hit Christchurch in New Zealand on February 21. Bensurto was one of six fatalities identified in a police news release news release. The other fatalities on the list included:

  • Marina Arai, 19, of Japan;
  • Adrienne Meredith, 36, of Christchurch;
  • Yoko Suzuki, 31, of Japan;
  • Tao Wang, 29, of China, and
  • Didem Yaman, 31, of Turkey
The total number of identified fatalities is now 129, the New Zealand police said. The four Filipino fatalities the police identified earlier are:
  • Lalaine Collado Agatep, 38;
  • Erica Avir Reyes Nora, 20;
  • Jewel Jose Francisco, 26, and
  • Ivy Jane Cabunilas, 33.
The six other missing Filipinos are:
  • Jessie Lloyd Redoble;
  • John Kristoffer Chua;
  • Ezra Mae Medalle;
  • Emmabel Anoba;
  • Mary Louise Anne Amantillo; and
  • Rhea Mae Sumalpong
— LBG/VVP, GMA News
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