Malaysia: 16 die after landslides hit orphanage

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

Six boys and three wardens who were critically injured in Saturday's landslides have been hospitalized. The last victim to be rescued, a 9-year-old boy, was pulled out nearly eight hours after tons of earth crushed the orphanage for ethnic Malay Muslim boys in a sleepy village in central Selangor state.

A heavy downpour after the landslides hampered rescue efforts by some 200 firefighters and police. The Selangor state government has ordered an investigation into the safety of hillsides in the area. (Source: CNTV.cn)

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Malaysia: 16 die after landslides hit orphanage

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

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