A landslide hits a bus in northern Pakistan and kills 3 people

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People gather near the wreckage of a passenger bus plunged into a ravine where at least 20 people were killed in Pallandri, some 160 km east of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on November 3, 2021. (AFP/File)
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  • The deceased include two security officials, police said
  • Such accidents are common in Pakistan during rainy weather

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A landslide struck a passenger bus in northern Pakistan on Monday and killed three people, including two security officials, police said.
An additional passenger was injured in the accident in Kohistan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to local police chief Abdul Rahim.
The bus was heading to Dasu district, where Pakistan’s biggest hydropower project is being built with Chinese help.
Local police official Abdul Rahim said the bus was struck by a landslide triggered by rains, and not by a land mine as was initially thought. Such road accidents are common in Pakistan during the rainy weather.

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