Indonesian soldiers and rescuers gather to evacuate tourists from Mount Rinjani, seen in the background, at Sembalun in East Lombok, Indonesia
HUNDREDS of tourists stranded on Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok by an earthquake that triggered landslides are making their way off the mountain.
Officials said the tourists had been shaken by their experience but mostly unharmed following the magnitude 6.4 tremor, which killed 16 people.
The earthquake early on Sunday killed 16 people, including an Indonesian student who was among the Mount Rinjani climbers.
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