BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in one county of China's Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government.

As many as 10,000 in Sichuan's Beichuan county were feared injured, the report said.

(Reporting by Guo Shipeng, writing by Lindsay Beck)

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