9 killed in landslides in southwest China

November 03, 2014 09:45 am | Updated November 16, 2021 07:17 pm IST - Beijing

Nine people have been killed in landslides that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province last week.

Nine people were buried as the disaster hit Xiaoxin Village in Dongchuan District of the provincial capital Kunming City last Tuesday, the district’s publicity department said.

Two bodies were recovered earlier while seven were retrieved later in the week, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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