12 killed, 65 missing in Nepal's landslides


People watch the flooded Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 6, 2024. - Photo: AP/Representational Image

KATHMANDU: Twelve people were killed and 65 others went missing after their buses were swept away by landslides in separate incidents on Thursday (July 11) night and Friday (July 12) morning, local police said.

On Thursday night, seven members of one family and three others died in landslides in Pokhara of Kaski district, while another person lost her life in Madi Rural Municipality of the district, said Basant Kumar Sharma, spokesperson for the district police.

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