17 Jan 2008

Search continues for four missing in deadly Papua landslide

6:30 pm on 17 January 2008

Four people remain missing following a landslide in the provincial capital of Indonesia's Papua on Tuesday which left at least eleven people dead.

The Jakarta Post reports that five people were rescued from the landslide at a Jayapura housing compound and are being treated in hospital with reported serious injuries.

Four further people are believed to be missing and rescue workers are continuing their search today.