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1st LD: 1 killed, 9 missing in landslide in Indonesia's West Java

Xinhua, March 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rescuers have found one body and are searching for nine others after a landslide struck Sukabumi district of West Java Saturday night, an Indonesian official said on Sunday.

Heavy downpours triggered collapse of a hill in Tegal Panjang village at 22:30 p.m. Jakarta time Saturday (1530 GMT) and buried 11 houses, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management agency.

"One body has been discovered dead and nine others are predicted to be buried," he told Xinhua via phone.

Evacuation for those missing is underway, involving solders, police and volunteers, said the spokesman.

The landslide also buried a road and as many as 300 people were fleeing homes and taking shelters, he said.

Landslide is frequent in Indonesia during heavy downpours. Endi