Death toll rises to 10 in Indonesia's Banjarnegara landslide as 18 still missing


JAKARTA (Bernama): A joint search-and-rescue team recovered seven more bodies on Thursday following a landslide in Banjarnegara, Central Java, raising the death toll to 10 as rescuers continue to search for 18 people still missing.

The landslide struck Pandanarum village last Saturday after days of heavy rain that destabilised the hillside, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said.

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