TOKYO, Nov 26, 2013 (AFP) - All five road construction workers who were buried in a landslide in northern Japan last week have been confirmed dead, with the last body recovered Tuesday, police said.
The crew was repairing a cracked road on a mountainous slope in Yurihonjo city in northern Akita prefecture when the road collapsed on Thursday, swallowing the workers along with their heavy machinery, a city official had told AFP.
Rescue crews struggled with the unstable condition of the slope and were only able to free the last two bodies overnight Monday into Tuesday, a local police spokesman said.
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