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| UPDATE: More Than 2,500 Killed in Landslide in Badakhshan |
| 2014-05-03 |
| [Tolo News] According to the Governor of Badakhshan, more than 2,500 people have been killed and more than 300 homes are buried under rocks and mud due to a landslide in northern Badakhshan province on Friday afternoon. So far, only eight people have been rescued. The incident took place in Argo district of the province when a number of the people were rescuing those already trapped in an earlier landslide, when suddenly rocks began falling causing another landslide killing more than 2,500 people, said the Governor of Badakhshan, Shah Waliwallah Adib. Adib said that they have warned 700 other homes to evacuate because of the unsettled rock-fall. An instructor of the Argo police headquarter, Qari Sayfuddin, added that more than 1,500 livestock were also killed in the incident. The Deputy Interior Minister, Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, confirmed the incidents and said a rescue team has been sent to the area. |
| Posted by:Fred |