Five people killed, 31 injured in Philippine landslide: official

The landslide struck Tuesday night in a mining village in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, trapping at least 20 people inside two buses used to transport mine workers, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP.

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This handout photo taken on February 7, 2024 and obtained from the Facebook page of the Office of the Provincial Fire Marshal (OPFM) Davao de Oro shows responders conduct rescue operations at the site of a landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro. At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, an official said on February 7. (Photo by Handout / Office of the Provincial Fire Marshal (OPFM) Davao de Oro / AFP)