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Six killed in Himachal landslide [1]

SHIMLA: Five Nepali labourers and an Indian girl were killed when boulders fell on their hutments in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, police said. Two people are still missing.

The dead included a 17-year-old girl who worked in an eatery.

The incident took place at Kaksthal near Wangtoo, Superintendent of Police Yashbir Singh Pathania said.

Publication Date: 
15/02/2010
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Landslides [4], Himachal Pradesh [5], Kinnaur [6]
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