Four persons, including three children,
were killed on Thursday by a landslide at an
excavation site in Funtawa village, Rimi Local
Government Area of Katsina State. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the incident
occurred at about 10:30 a.m. They said after the incident, people besieged the
site to rescue the victims, who were brought out
dead. The Secretary of the council. Garba Lawal,
confirmed the incident and said that it took the
rescuers three hours to recover the bodies of the
victims. Lawal said the deceased were taken to their
families for burial in accordance with Islamic
injunction. The scribe said the Caretaker Committee Chairman
of the council, Nasiru Iyatawa, had visited the
families of the deceased to commiserate with
them.
were killed on Thursday by a landslide at an
excavation site in Funtawa village, Rimi Local
Government Area of Katsina State. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the incident
occurred at about 10:30 a.m. They said after the incident, people besieged the
site to rescue the victims, who were brought out
dead. The Secretary of the council. Garba Lawal,
confirmed the incident and said that it took the
rescuers three hours to recover the bodies of the
victims. Lawal said the deceased were taken to their
families for burial in accordance with Islamic
injunction. The scribe said the Caretaker Committee Chairman
of the council, Nasiru Iyatawa, had visited the
families of the deceased to commiserate with
them.
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