Landslide in western Indonesia kills 4 children (AP)

PALEMBANG, Indonesia ? A landslide triggered by torrential rain has killed four children who were playing under a cliff in western Indonesia.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the government's Disaster Management Agency says the children were buried when mud gushed down from surrounding hills Friday in Kembahang Lama village on Sumatra island. The victims ranged in age from 7 to 10.

Nugroho says their bodies were found late Friday and early Saturday beneath tons of mud and rocks. Two other children were brought to a hospital with injuries.

Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash floods each year in Indonesia, a vast chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.

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