Two killed in Mizoram landslide

Aizawl: A woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed and six others injured when a house was hit by a massive landslide at Ngur village at Mizoram-Myanmar border, police said on Friday.

Bodies of Dawnsianmuangi (42) and her daughter were taken out from the mud by the villagers following the landslide last night.

Dawnsiangmuangi's youngest daughter, who is three-month old, is safe, police said.

One of the six injured persons was Laltlanthanga, a voluntary rescue worker, who sustained spinal injury and was brought to the Aizawl Civil Hospital.

Nine families abandoned their houses in Ngur after incessant rainfall in village for two days, police said.