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Two children dead, 7 family members injured as landslide hits Shangla house
The landslide also blocked the main Bisham-Swat road
Shangla: At least two children died while their seven family members were injured after they were buried in a landslide that struck their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district on Friday, rescuers and police said.
Rescuers said the two deceased children aged three and two months were among six people who were pulled out of the rubble, while efforts were continuing to trace the remaining three family members.
A massive landslide hit the Khurshid Khan house in Kuz Alpuri area of Shangla, destroying it completely and burying its residents. The landslide also blocked the main Bisham-Swat road.
Rehman said Rescue 1122 workers were making efforts to recover the rest of the people trapped underneath the debris.
Two children and four women were brought to the District Headquarters Hospital, Alpuri, where the two minors died and the women were being treated for their injuries.
Bisham-Swat road was also blocked due to the landslide and motorists were stuck on both sides.
The injured were shifted to the DHQ hospital.
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