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6 dead, 2 injured in China landslide

(Xinhua) 14:11, July 18, 2014

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A rescuer works at the site of landslide in Dakuo Village of Zhijin County in the city of Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 17, 2014. Six people died and another two were injured in the rain-triggered landslide here, local authorities said on Friday. Rainstorms have lashed Guizhou this week, triggering landslides and floods in many parts of the province. (Xinhua)

GUIYANG, July 18 -- Six people died and another two were injured in a rain-triggered landslide in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said on Friday.

The landslide happened at around 4 a.m. on Thursday in Dakuo Village of Zhijin County in the city of Bijie, burying eight people, said a spokesman with the county.

By 10 a.m. on Thursday, the injured had been rescued. The bodies of the other six were later retrieved.

The injured were receiving treatment in hospital and their injuries were not life threatening, the spokesman said.

Rainstorms have lashed Guizhou this week, triggering landslides and floods in many parts of the province.

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