Two children among five killed in Chittagong landslide

At least five people, including two children, were killed and two others injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rain at Jangal Salimpur of Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong early Friday.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
 
Sitakunda upazila nirbahi officer Nazmul Islam Bhuiyan said the incident took place early in the morning when a chunk of mud from the hill collapsed on a house, leaving five people dead and two others injured. They were asleep during the incident.    
 
He said firefighters were on their way to the spot to carry out the salvage operation.
 
‘The incessant rainfall for the last three days caused the landslide,’ the UNO added.

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