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8 killed in Indonesian Landslide

Monday, November 9, 2009 at 2:19 pm

8 killed in Indonesian Landslide, A landslide has killed at least eight people in Indonesia, officials said on Monday.

Five people are still listed as missing after the landslide hit a village in Palopo district, South Sulawesi province on Sunday, health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya said.

Nine people were injured. A rescue team from provincial capital Makassar is on the way to the area.

“The affected area is near the top of the mountain and there’s a lot of rain there. The landslide was caused by a flash flood triggered by rain,” he said.

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Written by: Gulraiz Akram

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