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6 Killed Including Mother, Child In Cox's Bazar Landslide

6 Killed Including Mother, Child In Cox's Bazar Landslide  || Photo : Collected

6 Killed Including Mother, Child In Cox's Bazar Landslide || Photo : Collected

6 people died from 2 families in separate incidents of landslides in Cox's Bazar due to heavy rain. Among them, three people including mother and child died in Sadar's Jhilongjha and 3 people were killed in the Ukhiya Rohingya Camp.

The death of three members of the same family took place in the South Dikkul area of ​​Ward No. 2, Jhilongjha on Thursday (September 12) around 2:00 pm.

The deceased were Akhi Moni, wife of Mizanur Rahman of South Dikkul, and her two daughters Miha Jannat Naima and Latifa Islam.

According to the relatives, during the heavy rain around 1:30 on Thursday night, the sound of the landslide was heard from the direction of Mizan's house. Later, he went there and saw that Mizan's family was crushed. Mizan was immediately rescued alive. Later, his wife and two baby girls were recovered with the help of the fire brigade.

They also said that Mizan's house is at the foot of the hill. The heavy rain that started yesterday, Thursday (September 12) afternoon made the ground soft. Later in the night, a landslide fell on his house from above.

Meanwhile, the Additional Commissioner of Cox's Bazar Relief and Repatriation Commission office, Shamsudauza Nayan said that three houses were destroyed by a landslide in Hakim Para, Rohingya Camp No. 14 in Ukhiya due to heavy rain. Three members of the same family were killed. Volunteers are carrying out rescue operations in the destroyed houses. They are Kabir Ahmed's sons Abdur Rahim, Abdul Hafez and Abdul Wahed.

Abdul Mannan, assistant meteorologist of the Meteorological Department Cox's Bazar office, said that 401mm of rain had been recorded in Cox's Bazar in the last 24 hours, the highest record in a single day this season. Heavy rains have caused waterlogging in many parts of the district.

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