The landslide location is on an old mining pit that had been abandoned by previous miners.
Rescuers and paramedics carry an injured victim onto an ambulance following a landslide in Sungai Abu, Solok, West Java on Sept 27.Rescuers and paramedics carry an injured victim onto an ambulance following a landslide in Sungai Abu, Solok, West Java on Sept 27.
Footage seen by AFP showed rescuers loading one of the dead into an ambulance near the disaster site in the district of Solok. It was earlier reported that 15 people were killed in the landslide. The death toll has been revised down to 11, with miscounting linked to the remote location.
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