It was a sad sight as villagers dug deep and hard in search of loved once who were buried alive during a dreadful landslide last week Friday. Reports from on ground say the landslide occurred in the early hours of the morning in Mikai Village in the SinaSina District. Three other men survived the ordeal and are nursing wounds at the hospital while three others were buried alive. Mr Wigande Kuke from the office of the Local MP tells this newsroom, the landslide while the family were asleep in their house. He said families and relatives of the three victims were the once who recovered the bodies after digging through the mud, despite the terrible conditions. Mr Kuke says the District Administration responded immediately after the landslide occured to assist others affected in the village. Their bodies are at now at the Hospital morgue awaiting funeral arrangements to be made by the District Administration and their families. Picture by Lorenz Yegiora PNGFM/PNGFACTS
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