Four killed in mine landslide

A landslide at a gold mine killed four workers and left 11 missing on the Indonesian island of Lombok, a Health Ministry official said today.

At least 20 people were buried under mud and rock on Saturday night, but five managed to get out alive, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the ministry’s Crisis Centre.

The slide was triggered by several days of severe rainfall around the village of Buwung Mas Sekotong, about 660 miles east of the capital, Jakarta, he said.

A lack of heavy digging equipment was hampering the rescue effort, he said.