7 dead, 31 injured in Davao de Oro landslide

by Agence France-Presse - Francisco Tuyay - Kristina Maralit

Feb 08, 2024 12:15 am

At least seven people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

The landslide Tuesday night struck Masara in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told Agence France-Presse (AFP), destroying houses and engulfing two buses used to transport mine workers.

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