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Five people killed, 31 injured in Philippine landslide

Two buses and houses engulfed in the landslide

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This handout photo taken and released on February 7, 2024 by the Philippine Army's 60th Infantry "Mediator" Battalion shows Philippine soldiers transferring a landslide survivor from a helicopter to an ambulance following a medical evacuation flight from Maco to the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum, Davao del Norte province.
This handout photo taken and released on February 7, 2024 by the Philippine Army's 60th Infantry "Mediator" Battalion shows Philippine soldiers transferring a landslide survivor from a helicopter to an ambulance following a medical evacuation flight from Maco to the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum, Davao del Norte province.
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Manila: At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, an official said Wednesday.

The landslide struck Tuesday night in a mining village in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, trapping at least 20 people inside two buses used to transport mine workers, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP.

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