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Landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed more than a dozen people in the past few days, including children and women in the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, southeast Bangladesh.
The Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner in Bangladesh has confirmed that eight people have died so far after a landslide struck a girls’ school on July 8.
“Eight people have died in today’s incident, seven of whom are students and one teacher. Four died on the spot and the other four died in hospital,” Mizanur Rahman, the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, told Crux Now.
He also said at least five students are still receiving treatment in hospital.
Fire services and other forces are still carrying out rescue operations with the help of locals, Rahman said, although he not confirming how many students were in the Madrasa during the incident.
The incident was the result of flooding caused by several days of continuous rain.
Most of the areas where the Rohingya live were mountainous and forested, but the forests have been cleared to build settlements for the Rohingya on hillsides and slopes.
Earlier, at least 12 people died in a landslide in Cox’s Bazar district on
