Late-night landslide kills 4 in Bogor

BOGOR: Four people died and eight were injured on Wednesday when a landslide hit a village in Bogor, West Java.

Disaster struck in the early hours of Wednesday when residents of Rengganis, Cintamanik village, were asleep.

“All the landslide victims were in a hut, which was positioned directly under a cliff,” Cigudeg Police chief Adj. Comr. Riyanto told kompas.com.

Riyanto said a team was still removing debris and recovering the dead, adding that some of the injured were taken to the local hospital. — JP