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More dead victims found in Cianjur landslide

The Jakarta Post | Fri, 03/12/2010 7:43 AM
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Search workers have found more dead victims in a landslide that hit a village in Sukanagara in Cianjur, West Java, bringing the total death to six as of early Friday morning.

Antara state news agency reported that at least four more victims were still buried under the rubbles.

Witnesses said that a part of a cliff near Kampung Ciawi Tali in Sukamekar collapsed late Thursday afternoon after a heavy rain fall in the area, hitting nearby residential houses.

Local search agency, police and military join the search effort as it continue on Friday morning.

Local administration deployed heavy machineries around midnight to help the search.

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