5 dead after SW China landslide

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Five people were killed in a landslide in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday night, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Seven villagers in Hezhang County of Bijie City were buried in debris after a landslide destroyed their house around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Rescuers pulled five survivors from the rubble but three succumbed to injuries in hospital on early Wednesday morning. Two more bodies were found in the afternoon.

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