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Landslide in Indonesia kills 2
www.chinaview.cn 2005-03-03 19:03:38

    JAKARTA. March 3 (Xinhuanet) -- At least two people were killed and a number of houses smashed Thursday in a landslide in Bandung regency of West Java province of Indonesia, local media reported.

    The landslide was triggered off by heavy rains, according to local radio the Elshinta Online.

    Garbage and mud struck four houses at 5:00 a.m. local time, as the villagers slept, said the radio.

    The causalties were named as Rojak, 40, and Surdi, 45.

    Last month at the same regency, more than 100 people in the Batu Jajar village were killed and 70 houses buried, when mounds of mud and garbage slid down from a nearby hill. Enditem

    

    

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