Woman swept away by flash flood

BANDUNG: A housewife was killed when she was swept away by a flash flood which gushed through Cipaku village in Paseh Majalaya district, West Java.

Wati, 55, died in the flood, which began on Friday, that has also swept away seven houses in the village.

Brig. Mulyana of the Paseh police said on Sunday that police were still searching for Sari binti Otang, 12, who was also swept away in an overflow of the Cisanggalan river.(25/hdn)