4 siblings among 5 minors killed in Cox’s Bazar landslides
Published : 25 Jul 2018, 11:16
At least five people including four siblings were killed in separate incidents of landslides triggered by torrential rain in Sadar and Ramu upazilas of Cox’s Bazar early today.
Four children of Malaysian expatriate Jamal Uddin were buried alive while they were asleep, said police.
A huge chunk of mud from nearby hills fell on their house in Bachamiar Ghona area in the district town around 6:00am, said Faid Uddin Khandaker, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar Model Police Station.
The deceased were identified as Marjia Begum, 15, Pabiya Begum, 10, Abdul Hye, 8, and Khairul Alam, 6, the OC said.
All the children died on the spot due to suffocation, said Dr Shahin Md Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, a resident medical officer of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
The bodies have been kept at the hospital morgue.
Meanwhile, Morshed Alam, 6, son of Zakir Hossain of Panerchara area of Ramu upazila was killed when a chunk of mud collapsed on their abode around 3:30am.
Source: thedailystar