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Another victim uncovered in Cianjur landslide

The Jakarta Post | Fri, 03/12/2010 10:38 AM | National
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A joint search team dug another dead victim out of the rubles in a landslide in Sukanagara, Cianjur, West Java, on Friday, raising the death toll to seven.

Local people believed there were still at least three more victim buried in the landslide.

A part of a 70-meter-tall cliff near Kampung Ciawi Tali in Sukamekar collapsed late Thursday afternoon after a heavy rain fall in the area, hitting nearby residential houses.

Local administration deployed heavy machineries around midnight to help the search by local search agency, police and military personnel.

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