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15 dead, 120 feared buried in China landslide

Updated on: 25 June,2017 08:12 AM IST  |  Beijing
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At least 15 people were killed and over 120 others remained missing after a mountain village was on Saturday buried under tonnes of rocks following a massive landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province

15 dead, 120 feared buried in China landslide

Chinese military police and rescue workers at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in China. Pics/AFP
Chinese military police and rescue workers at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in China. Pics/AFP


At least 15 people were killed and over 120 others remained missing after a mountain village was on Saturday buried under tonnes of rocks following a massive landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province.


The landslide from a high part of a mountain in Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba hit Xinmo Village. A side of a mountain collapsed following the landslide burying 62 homes.


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