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10 killed in landslides in NE India

Xinhua, May 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ten people were killed in landslides in the northeast Indian state Assam on Wednesday, said local media.

The Press Trust of India quoted police as saying the landslides hit Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in Barak Valley in Assam following incessant rains.

Five members of a family were killed in a landslide at Sonachirra in Karimganj district in the wee hours, while In neighbouring Hailakandi district, two incidents of landslide killed five people. Endit