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Two children have been killed in a landslide at the Korean Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Chattogram’s Karnafuli Upazila.
The two boys had been looking for birds’ nests when the incident occurred, according to locals.
The incident occurred around 10:30 am on Thursday in Block C of the EPZ near the Boirag Union Water Tank No. 8, reports bdnews24.com.
The victims were identified as Nohan, 11, and Mezbah, 12. Several other children injured in the incident have been rushed to local hospitals. All of them are residents of Boirag Union.
“I heard that a few local children had gone hunting for birds’ nests in the area,” according to Mohammad Sharif, chief of Karnafuli Police Station. “A section of a hill then collapsed, trapping some of them at the time. Two of them died on the spot.”
The police official said the cause of the incident would be investigated.
Mushfiqur Rahman, general manager of the Korean EPZ, said: “The accident occurred near the C Block. I heard that the children went there to catch birds.”
He claimed there was no hill cutting underway in the area.
“But, as it is a jungle area, foxes and dogs may have dug up the soil and made holes. The children were looking for birds in a cave-like area.”