8 killed in Indonesian Landslide, A landslide has killed at least eight people in Indonesia, officials said on Monday.
Five people are still listed as missing after the landslide hit a village in Palopo district, South Sulawesi province on Sunday, health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya said.
Nine people were injured. A rescue team from provincial capital Makassar is on the way to the area.
“The affected area is near the top of the mountain and there’s a lot of rain there. The landslide was caused by a flash flood triggered by rain,” he said.
8 killed in Indonesian Landslide was first posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:19 pm.
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