Kathmandu, August 5
The number of people killed in a landslide in Bheri Municipality-3 of Jajarkot district in Karnali province on Sunday morning has reached seven.
One person is injured whereas two are missing, according to Chief District Officer Lalit Kumar Basnet.
Four of the victims are minors. Two are yet to be identified.
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Jajarkot landslide kills four
A landslide in Bheri Municipality-3 of Jajarkot district in Karnali province has buried four persons to death on Sunday morning.
The victims include one woman and three men. They, however, are yet to be identified.
Incessant rainfall since Saturday night had triggered the landslide.
DSP Rabindra Bahadur Singh. Chief of the District Police Office, says police have rescued a person live from the incident. He has been identified as local Lal Bahadur Luhar. The policeman suspects that the victims include his wife and child.
“The bodies are yet to be taken out of the debris,” DSP Singh says, “Another house has also been buried nearby. We have moblised another team for rescue there.”
Personnel from Nepal Army and Armed Police Force have also been mobilised.
