Rescuers search through rubble after 268 killed in Java quake

With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 1,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake, the death toll is likely to rise (Rangga Firmansyah/AP)

Indonesian rescuers used jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands on Tuesday to move the rubble of flattened buildings as they searched for victims and survivors after an earthquake killed at least 268 people.

With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 1,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake, the death toll is likely to rise.