Jakarta, June 18: A landslide triggered by hours of heavy downpours buried a family of seven alive in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, state media said on Thursday.
A torrent of mud slammed into a residential area in Nusaniwe district in the provincial capital of Ambon late on Wednesday, flattened a house and heavily damaged four others, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
The bodies of seven people, including a child, were recovered after rescue workers and locals dug for hours through tons of mud and rocks, the report said.
—Agencies