Rescuers have unearthed two more bodies buried in Monday’s landslide in Cililin, West Bandung, bringing the death toll to 12.
West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency head Udjwalaprana Sigit told Detik.com that the two bodies were found on Wednesday morning.
“The two bodies were found at the same time,” Sigit said as quoted by Detik.com. “We’re still identifying them.”
The search and rescue team is still looking for five others who were reported missing after a landslide buried nine houses as heavy rains pounded the subdistrict.
Sigit said that while rescue efforts have been slow as the team has to manually dig for bodies using hoes and shovels, the entire community has united in the search.
“The family of the victims are also searching because they know where to locate the houses that had been buried by the landslide,” Sigit said. “It makes the work of the evacuation team that search for the victims easier. Beside it, two police dogs from West Java Police also help search.”
The West Bandung mayor has placed the district in a state of emergency until Sunday.
It is the second deadly landslide to strike Indonesia this month. Three people were killed and one injured after heavy downpours triggered a landslide in Papua’s provincial capital earlier this month.
Wednesday 27 March 2013
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