6 villagers die in landslide, flooding in Java

Jakarta: At least six villagers died after being buried in a landslide that occurred in Indonesia’s West Java province at almost midnight on Saturday, an official said.

“Four others are still unaccounted for while 290 have been displaced,” a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Nugroho said 10 houses were damaged in the landslide in Cimerak.