23 killed in sichuan landslide
By Huang Zhiling | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-16 07:28
CHENGDU - A landslide caused by heavy rainfall killed 23 people and injured seven others in Sichuan province in the early hours on Tuesday.
The victims were working on the construction of the Jinping Power Station in Pengta township in Kangding, the Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture.
They were all sleeping when the landslide hit at about 1:25 am.
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