Three killed in Tana Toraja landslide
Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar | Thu, 04/28/2011 5:19 PM
Three people died and four were injured in a landslide in Randan Batu subdistrict, South Makale, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi late on Wednesday evening.
The local search-and-rescue team and police officers recovered the bodies of Kottong, 9, Essong, 3, and Indo Biti aka Indo Siso, 50, on Thursday morning.
Tana Toraja Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Yudi Agustinus Bunyamin said that officers first received word of the landslide at 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
“We could only start searching on Thursday morning as access to the affected location was nearly impassable,” Yudi said, adding that rescuers had to walk for almost 90 minutes to reach the landslide site.
