Eight killed after landslide hits girls' school in Bangladesh

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Eight people, including seven students and a teacher, died when a landslide struck an Islamic study center at a girls' school in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday afternoon. The school, located within a refugee camp housing over a million Rohingya, was buried by mud and debris following heavy monsoon rains that have battered the region since Sunday. Rescuers managed to pull 13 people from the mud, but eight succumbed to their injuries. The deceased students ranged in age from seven to twelve years old. The other five children rescued were transported to a hospital for medical attention.

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Five other children were rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Some of the deceased children were aged seven, eight, 11, or 12 years old.

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The area has experienced heavy monsoon rains since Sunday, leading to several deadly landslides.

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The landslide occurred at an Islamic study centre within a Rohingya refugee camp.

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Eight people, including seven students and a teacher, were killed when a landslide hit a girls' school in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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Seven students and a teacher have been killed in Bangladesh after a Landslide hit a girls' school inside a refugee camp.The Islamic study centre in the coastal city of Cox's Bazar was buried by mud and debris on Wednesday afternoon, sparking frantic search and rescue efforts. It is unclear how many people were inside the school.The country has been battered by monsoon rains since Sunday, with several deadly landslides reported in Cox's Bazar.More than one million Rohingya people live there in what is the world's largest refugee settlement, having fled a deadly military crackdown in Myanmar.Rescuers pulled 13 people from the mud that engulfed their school hut, eight of whom died, the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman said."Some of them are seven, eight, 11 or 12 years old," Panna Akhter, a local district officer, told BBC Bangla.The other five children were taken to hospital for treatment.Rohingya KhoborCrowds gathered at the school to pull out students who had become submerged

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