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At least three killed by volcano eruption in Indonesia

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 232 words · By Video by Shirli SITBON
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Claim 1: “Fifteen were able to descend, three are dead.”
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There is a contradiction in the numbers provided by different sources. The New York Times reports 15 descended safely and 3 died. However, Reuters reports 17 were rescued and 3 remain missing, while Al Jazeera mentions a search for 20 missing hikers. The specific breakdown of '15 descended, 3 dead' is not consistently supported across all sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fifteen others had climbed down safely and two porters who were part of the original hiking group were helping to retrieve the bodies, he said. Mount Dukono has been active for decades, erupting ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/asia/indonesia-volc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three hikers - two Singaporeans and an Indonesian - have died in an eruption of Indonesia's Mount Dukono volcano, where they found themselves in a no-go zone, officials said. The eruption ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/hikers-dead-mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three hikers -- two Singaporeans and a local -- died in an eruption Friday of Indonesia's Mount Dukono volcano where they found themselves in a no-go zone, officials said.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260508-indonesia-vol…
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Claim 2: “Authorities in Indonesia's Halmahera island are searching for people still missing after a volcano erupted on Friday.”
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Al Jazeera and Reuters both report that Indonesian authorities conducted searches for missing hikers on Halmahera island following the eruption on Friday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Indonesian authorities are searching for 20 missing hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island killed three people.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/indonesia-volcano-ki…
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web search NEUTRAL — Indonesian authorities are still trying to locate three missing hikers after rescuing 17 people trapped by the volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island on Friday, a local rescue agency of…
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world/article/331500/Indonesi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Photo: AFP / Handout. Indonesian authorities are still trying to locate three missing hikers after rescuing 17 people trapped by the volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island on Friday, a …
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/594677/indonesian-authoriti…
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Claim 3: “Twenty hikers are reported to have been on the volcano when the eruption occurred”
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The Khaleej Times cites North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu stating twenty hikers were on the slopes, and Al Jazeera also mentions a search for 20 missing hikers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Twenty hikers were on the slopes when disaster struck, North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters at a volcano monitoring station in Mamuya village. Stay up to date with the latest…
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/asia/video-volcanic-erupt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Indonesian authorities are searching for 20 missing hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island killed three people. Mount Dukono, an active volcano, erupted at 07:41am local time on…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/indonesia-volcano-ki…
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web search NEUTRAL — The volcano began erupting at 7:41 a.m. local time, hurling a column of ash up to ten kilometres into the air. The country’s volcanology agency has warned of the risk of rain-induced mudflows, or laha…
https://head-post.com/indonesia-volcano-rescue-twenty-hikers…
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Claim 4: “At least three killed by volcano eruption in Indonesia”
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Multiple independent sources, including The New York Times and other news reports via web search, confirm that at least three hikers were killed by the eruption of Mount Dukono.
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web search NEUTRAL — A volcanic eruption killed three people and triggered a rescue operation to get more than a dozen hikers stranded near the crater of Indonesia's Mount Dukono to safety on Friday morning ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/asia/indonesia-mount-dukono-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Add The New York Times on Google At least three hikers were killed when one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes erupted on Friday, spewing ash miles into the air, officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/asia/indonesia-volc…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least three hikers, including two Singaporeans and an Indonesian, have died after the Mount Dukono volcano erupted on Indonesia's Halmahera island, according to a local police chief.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/indonesia-volcano-ki…
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