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SMU students in Chile for exchange programme are safe

SINGAPORE: Four of the six Singapore Management University (SMU) students who are in Santiago, Chile, for an exchange programme are safe.

One of the students has called home, seven hours after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit 200 miles southwest of the capital.

The other two students are not in the same dormitory but are also believed to be safe.

The massive quake had snapped power lines and severed communications.

Earlier, the student's mother told MediaCorp that the group arrived in Santiago at about noon local time and headed to a dormitory.

Until she heard from her Saturday evening, that had been the last time she spoke to her daughter, who is a third year accounting student.

"We are really worried because we are wondering exactly how bad the situation is and whether any of the buildings around her collapsed or anything like that," said Zerina Khushi, mother of Iman Ashil.

"I managed to speak to one of the families whose son is also there at the same time, and they haven't heard anything either and we are just praying really hard that she will be fine and somehow contact us as soon as she can."

The students are registered with the Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry and the families are in touch with the Ministry.