JAKARTA (Xinhua): Eighteen people were killed, two others injured and several others missing after a landslide struck South Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on late Saturday night.
The Head of Operational Unit of the provincial Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency Amson Padolo confirmed the incident to Xinhua via phone on Sunday.
The search and rescue team was still looking for victims who might be trapped in the landslide.
Sulawesi has been hit by several dangerous landslide over the last few months.
In February, landslides hit a section of road connecting Luwu regency and Palopo city in South Sulawesi trapping at least 23 people with five victims found dead.
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