Landslide kills 8 in northwest Pakistan

By Islamuddin Sajid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

At least eight people, including seven children, were killed and three others wounded in in tribal region on Friday, said.

The incident took place while a group of children collecting mud near a hill in Utmankhel area of Bajaur Agency, near border.

"The rescue operation is in progress and seven dead bodies of the children and a woman have been recovered from the debris," Bakht Jehan Khan, a local political administration officer told Anadolu Agency.

The injured were shifted to the hospital in Bajaur Agency, one of the seven tribal districts that with Kunar province of Afghanistan.