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Emergency ministry: Dead bodies retrieved from ground (Updated)

Other News Materials 27 April 2010 18:05 (UTC +04:00)
A landslide that occurred in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan (420 kilometers from Baku) killed four members of one family.
Emergency ministry: Dead bodies retrieved from ground (Updated)

Editor's note: The ministry's data about the incident updated

Azerbaijan, Baku, Apr. 27 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /

A landslide that occurred in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan (420 kilometers from Baku) killed four members of one family.

The Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry reported that the landslide occurred in the Garibli village in the Tovuz region at 6:00 April 27.

The landslide hit one house and as a result the house went under the ground. The Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry's rescuers were involved in the rescue operations.

Based on the initial data, the accident killed members of one family - Akbar Mammadov (born in 1964), Novrasta Mammadova (born in 1967),  Azada Mammadova (born in 1989) and Lala  Mammadova (born in 1990).

The dead body of Akbar Mammadov and Novrasta Mammadova were retrieved from the ground by villagers. The rescuers managed to pull out the dead bodies of Lala and Azada Mammadova, and Vusala Gasimova. The operation was completed at 15:29.

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