Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Peru Landslide Leaves at Least Seven Dead

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Seven people were killed and more were feared dead in Peru after a massive landslide buried parts of a town amid heavy rains, authorities said on Tuesday. Six were missing and 25 injured in the disaster in Chosica, some 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) east of Lima, said Alfredo Murgueytio, the head of the National Civil Defense Institute, Indeci. “There are likely more dead bodies under the debris,” Murgueytio said on local broadcaster RPP. TV images showed water and mud rushing over the...

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