Six children were killed and nine are still buried under tonnes of earth after a landslide hit an orphanage in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Saturday afternoon.
Firemen and villagers managed to pull out 10 kids alive by 10pm from the Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah, Madrasah Al-Takwa, Jalan Felcra Semungkus, 14th mile, Hulu Langat, near Kajang.
The dead and alive have been sent to the Ampang and Kajang Hospitals.
"Two landslides occurred simultaneously. All the victims did not have time to escape," said Selangor CPO Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah at a press conference at 6.45pm.
He said all those affected were 20 students attending a motivational camp at the orphanage and four caretakers.
A total of 49 students and caretakers were there but 25 escaped unhurt.
He said the body of the first victim was pulled out from the debris at about 4.30pm while the second body was retrieved at 5pm and the third at 6.10pm. The other two were pulled out at about 7.40pm. The sixth was pulled out at 9.50pm.
The orphanage was partially buried by the landslides that occurred at about 2.30pm on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Deputy IGP Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said that rescuers were being hampered by wet soil and rain.
He also appealed to the crowd of onlookers to stay back and allow the rescuers to do their work unimpeded.
Warm Regard, Sara Pandian
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