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2nd LD: 6 killed, 4 missing in Indonesia's landslide

Xinhua, March 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rescuers have found six bodies and are searching for four others after a landslide hit Sukabumi district of West Java Saturday night, an Indonesian official said on Sunday.

Soldiers, volunteers and policemen are searching for the missing persons under the debris of the damaged houses, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management agency.

"So far, six bodies have been found and four remain missing," he told Xinhua via phone.

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 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