Five Killed, Four Missing In Landslide In Western Nepal

Kathmandu - At least five people were killed and four were missing after a landslide swept away seven houses in western Nepal, officials said Thursday.

The houses in the village of Amkot were buried by falling rock and mud late Wednesday after the Bajura district, about 450 kilometres west of Kathmandu, was hit with heavy monsoon rains.

"Rescue officials pulled out five bodies, but four people remain missing," said Hom Prasad Adhikari, the chief government administrator in the district.