INDONESIA - Landslide 'kills 12 in Indonesia'

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Landslide 'kills 12 in Indonesia'

Tuesday,

March 7, 2006; Posted: 11:07 p.m. EST (04:07 GMT)

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -- A landslide in an unauthorized sand-digging

location killed 12 workers and injured two others in Indonesia's West

Java

province, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

The workers were collecting sand in a digging area in

Cipatat district that had been shut down by local authorities when an avalanche

of gravel came down on them on Tuesday.

" Twelve dead victims have been identified from the

incident. Officers are still finding out whether it was an accident or a crime

of negligence, " Bambang Kuncoko, a spokesman at the national police

headquarters, told reporters.

A local official in Cipatat said the diggers lived nearby.

" The site has been closed by the local government, but

residents still try to dig ... to pay debts or make ends meet. Many are jobless

here, " Hermanto told Reuters by phone from Cipatat, located near the West Java capital of Bandung.

He added the diggers' lack of safety knowledge might have caused the incident, which

occurred when the weather was clear.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/indonesia.landslide.reut/index.html

 

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