SHANGLA: Death toll from the landslide that flattened a house in Kuz area of Alpuri tehsil reached to six when body of a minor was retrieved from the rubble here the other day, thus concluding a six-day-long search and rescue operation.

A Rescue 1122 official identified the victim as five-year-old Raheel.

Bodies of five people, including owner of the house, his wife, a guest and two children had already been recovered.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2022

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