MIL-OSI Russia: Death toll from Indonesia quarry landslide rises to 17

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JAKARTA, June 1 (Xinhua) — The death toll from a quarry landslide in Indonesia’s West Java province has risen to 17, with eight still missing, acting head of the provincial search and rescue agency’s operations unit Mamang Fatmono said on Saturday.

The number of rescuers was increased from 10 on Friday to 27 on Saturday, he said, adding that further landslides were threatening rescue efforts at the Gunung Kuda mine in Bobos village, Cirebon regency.

The search for missing victims of Friday’s landslides continues.

A state of emergency was declared after the disaster, local authorities said. –0–

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