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Bandung, W Java (ANTARA News) - Six people, including five children, are believed to be still buried in mud in a landslide disaster which hit Nyalindung hamlet, Girimurki village Cempaka subdistrict, Cianjur district, West Java, on Thursday night, a rescue worker said.

"Seven dead victims have been lifted from the mud but six others, including five children, are still missing," rescue team chairman Rudi Syahdiar said on Sunday.

Recue workers have not been able to find the five children, namely Neneng Resa, Yayan Suryana, Yayat, Iman and Rukiah, and an adult one.

"They might have been carried away by the river's water current but workers will continue to carry out excavations in several landslide spots," Syadiar said.

It was reported earlier that forty houses were buried by landslides in the landslide Thursday evening.

According to Rustam S Pakaya, head of the ministry's Crisis Mitigation Center, the landslides occurred in six locations in Girimukti village, Cempaka sub district, and Cibokor village, Cibeber sub district.

Two residents suffered bone fractures and two others were slightly injured, and rushed to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, he said.

The landslides forced 351 people to evacuate themselves to a village office.

"We have provided medicines, 50 body bags, and Rp25 million in cash to help the landslide victims," Pakaya said.

In Girimukti village, most of the houses were destroyed by a landslide and only few were still standing.

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