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Wall collapses, kills two in Labuhanbatu
A woman and her child died when a 3-meter wall collapsed Saturday night on Jl
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woman and her child died when a 3-meter wall collapsed Saturday night on Jl. Ahmad Yani, Kartini subdistrict, Rantau Utara district, Labuhanbatu regency, North Sumatra.
'The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. The wall collapsed and hit several houses,' Kartini subdistrict head Irfan said on Sunday.
Irfan said the victims, Novi Andriani and her 2-year-old son Raka Meka Abron, died at the scene while her husband, Abdul Haris, and other son, 3-year-old Rafa, sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital.
The wall had separated a plot of land belonging to a resident, Samiun, from the other houses. The collapse is believed to have been caused by heavy rain on Saturday.
Besides damaging Abdul Haris' house, the collapsing wall also destroyed three other houses and injured the owners.
