Six unaccounted for after landslide in Japan

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Wed, 11 Apr 2018 - 09:02 GMT

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Wed, 11 Apr 2018 - 09:02 GMT

© JIJI PRESS/AFP | Rescue workers and police search for survivors at the scene of a landslide that hit residential homes in Nakatsu

© JIJI PRESS/AFP | Rescue workers and police search for survivors at the scene of a landslide that hit residential homes in Nakatsu

TOKYO - 11 April 2018: At least six people were unaccounted for Wednesday after a landslide hit their houses in southern Japan, local police said.

"Three houses were buried after a landslide" in a mountainous area of Nakatsu City, a police spokesman said.

"Six people (believed to be in there) were unaccounted for after that," the official said, adding a resident in the neighbourhood called for rescue.

Search operations were continuing while troops are expected to arrive later to help.

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