At least 10 dead, nine missing after landslide buries Indonesian village under tonnes of mud

At least 10 people are dead after torrential rains triggered a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java, with rescuers digging desperately with their bare hands and farm tools to locate nine missing people, including four children.

Dozens of soldiers, police and volunteers took part in the search in the village of Selopuro in East Java’s Nganjuk district, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said on Monday.

The mud that slid down from surrounding hills late Sunday struck at least eight houses, injuring 14 people and leaving 21 people buried under tonnes of…