At least fifteen dead after landslide in Indonesia
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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At least fifteen people have been killed as the result of a landslide which occurred in Indonesia on Tuesday. According to BBC News Online, at least sixteen were killed. It is thought that up to seventy people were killed as a result of the landslide, which occurred in a village near to the city of Bandung.
At one point, villagers attempted to dig out surviving victims from the rocks and mud by using their bare hands, as rescue efforts were suspended temporarily due to heavy rain, before recommencing after lifting equipment arrived. At least sixteen dead bodies have been recovered by Wednesday. Roughly five hundred people are contributing to the search and rescue.
Priyadi Kardono, spokesperson for the Disaster Management Agency, stated: "We've found fifteen bodies so far and estimate that there are up to 70 people still missing." He also commented that fifteen other people had been injured, of which two have been hospitalised.
[edit] Sources
- "More than 70 feared dead in Indonesian landslide" — Telegraph.co.uk, February 24, 2010
- Anne Barrowclough. "Scores feared dead in Indonesian landslide" — Times Online, February 24, 2010
- "Toll to rise in deadly Indonesia landslide" — BBC News Online, February 24, 2010
