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Eight children have been killed in a latest landslide in Shangla district of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to rescue teams.
A group of children were playing cricket in a ground located at the foot of a dune and got buried under it, due to the landslide that occurred yesterday, the state-run Rescue 1122 said, in a statement.
After an hours-long operation till late last night, Rescue 1122, local volunteers and rescue teams from Pakistan Army, recovered eight bodies and an injured kid from the rubble.
Locals confirmed that there is no more missing kids under the rubble.
The rescue teams said that, the landslide was triggered by heavy rain lashing the area since Wednesday
Source: Nam News Network