11 bodies recovered in Tibet landslide, 72 still missing

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-3-31 15:08:39

 

Rescue workers conduct search and rescue work at the site where a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 30, 2013. Rescuers have found bodies and are still searching for survivors more than 37 hours after a massive landslide buried 83 miners at the polymetal mine in Tibet. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Rescue workers conduct search and rescue work at the site where a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 30, 2013. Rescuers have found bodies and are still searching for survivors more than 37 hours after a massive landslide buried 83 miners at the polymetal mine in Tibet. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi) 


Nine more bodies were retrieved on Sunday at the site of a mining area landslide in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, rescuers said. 

 
That brings the number of recovered bodies to 11 after the landslide occurred two days ago in Maizhokunggar County, about 68 km from regional capital Lhasa.
 
Another 72 miners remain missing.

 



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