Landslide kills 8 in northwest Pakistan
Date
11/4/2017 11:06:34 PM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: At least eight people, including seven children, were killed and three others wounded in landslide in northwestern tribal region on Friday, official said.
The incident took place while a group of children were collecting mud near a hill in Utmankhel area of Bajaur Agency, near Afghan border.
"The rescue operation is in progress and seven dead bodies of the children and a woman have been recovered from the debris," Bakht Jehan Khan, a local Political administration officer told Anadolu Agency.
The injured were shifted to the hospital in Bajaur Agency, one of the seven tribal districts that borders with Kunar province of Afghanistan.
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