Chile declares 3 days of mourning for quake victims

The Chilean government has declared that three days of national mourning will be observed from Sunday in honor of the victims of the country's recent earthquake.

"The president has declared a period of national mourning for three days from midnight on Sunday in memory of the Chileans who were killed," Deputy Interior Minister Patricio Rosende said on Thursday.

President Michelle Bachelet has also authorized that the national flag could be hung from each house as a sign of solidarity with the victims, she added.

Official figures have put the death toll from last weeks devastating magnitude-8.8 earthquake at 802.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120069§ionid=351020706.