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Baglung landslides leave four dead

Baglung landslides leave four dead

By Bharat Koirala

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POKHARA: Four persons have been killed in various landslide incidents triggered by incessant rainfall in Baglung district, on Tuesday morning. 13-year-old Khim Bahadur BK and his 12-year-old sister Rita BK passed away after being buried by the landslide while they were asleep in the house at Tamankhola Rural Municipality-2. Their severely injured mother Hom Kumari BK is currently undergoing treatment in the district while their father Paal Bahadur BK is currently employed in a foreign country, informed police. Moreover, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rajendra Regmi of Baglung Police informed that 5-year-old Samir Pariyar also died when a house in Nisikhola Rural Municipality-1 was buried by a landslide. Police further informed that the body of woman -- close to the age of 60 and whose identity is yet to be ascertained -- has been found near a river in Nisikhola Rural Municipality.