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Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 23
Updated On: 18 December, 2022 09:49 AM IST | Batang | Agencies
Selangor state fire chief Norazam Khamis told reporters the two bodies were found buried under a metre of mud and debris
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A police officer guards the entrance to the site of a deadly landslide as rescue workers search for survivors in Batang Kali, on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Rescuers on Saturday found bodies of a mother and her son, raising the death toll from a landslide on an unlicensed campground in Malaysia to 23, with 10 others still missing. Selangor state fire chief Norazam Khamis told reporters the two bodies were found buried under a metre of mud and debris. He said there was hope of finding survivors if they clung on to piles or branches or rocks with pockets of air but those chances were slim.
Authorities said 94 people were sleeping at the camping site on an organic farm early Friday when the dirt tumbled from a road about 30 metres above them. Most were families enjoying a short vacation during the year end school break. The 23 victims included six children and 13 women. Authorities were still carrying out autopsies and waiting for next of kin to identify the victims.
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