Nepal: At least 12 killed, 65 missing after landslides at 3 places

DN Bureau

In another incident, a driver of another bus was killed after a falling stone hit him in Chitwan on the same stretch of the highway. Read further on Dynamite News:

Representational Image
Representational Image


Kathmandu: At least 12 people were killed, and 65 others went missing after their buses were swept away by landslides in separate incidents on Thursday night and Friday morning, local police said.

On Thursday night, seven members of one family and three others died in landslides in Pokhara of Kaski district, while another person lost her life in Madi Rural Municipality of the district, said Basant Kumar Sharma, spokesperson for the district police.

Also Read | At least 27 killed, 400 injured in Nepal storm

"We have recovered 11 dead bodies from three places in the district," Sharma told Xinhua

In another incident, a driver of another bus was killed after a falling stone hit him in Chitwan on the same stretch of the highway. (with Agency inputs)

Also Read | 8 killed, 5 injured in Nepal road mishap


 










Related Stories