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Many killed in Bangladesh landslides
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 10 people and injured several others in southeast Bangladesh, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:32 July 3, 2008
Cox's Bazaar: Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 10 people and injured several others in southeast Bangladesh, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.
Fierce rains sparked the landslides which buried several hillside homes at Teknaf in the Coz's Bazaar district, 470 kilometres from Dhaka.
The injured have been rushed to hospitals, officials said.
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