Pakistan Landslide Kills 13, Including 7 Children, in Karachi Slum

 

 

 

By Sean Breslin

Published Oct 13 2015 11:35 AM EDT

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A woman mourns the death of a member in her family, a victim of landslide, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) 

 

 

At least 13 people were killed early Tuesday when a hillside gave way and buried several makeshift homes in a slum of southern Pakistan's port city of Karachi, officials said.

The mass of mud and rocks came down the hill and hit a camp in the capital of the southern Sindh province, according to the Associated Press. It has not been determined if weather caused the collapse.

Seven children were among those killed by the disaster, officials told the BBC.


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