Search for landslide victims abandoned<\/p>\n
INDONESIA: The search for four sand miners who went missing in a
\nlandslide last week in Pasir Gudang Hill in Pasir Buncir hamlet,
\nCaringin district, Bogor regency, was called off on Saturday
\nafter a second landslide killed a volunteer rescue worker on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
\"The victims' families and the rescuers agreed to stop the
\nsearch on Friday afternoon. We are worried that more landslides
\nwill happen and kill more people,\" said Caringin district chief
\nYasin Zaenudin.<\/p>\n
One victim's wife, Dede Ratna, 29, said she accepted the
\ndecision.<\/p>\n
\"They have been searching for my husband for a week and have
\nfound nothing so far. I just want to return to my hometown in
\nCianjur (West Java),\" she said.<\/p>\n
The families and villagers prayed together at the site at 8
\na.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
Five people were buried alive by the first landslide. Six
\nothers suffered severe injuries. The rescue team found a victim's
\nbody, Ujang Zakanuri Karta, on the sixth day of the search on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
But a second landslide on Friday claimed the life of a
\nIndonesian Red Cross (PMI) volunteer, Dadi Kusmayadi, 32, who was
\ncaught in a rockfall and was decapitated. -- JP<\/p>",
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