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Kenya: 'Residents trapped' in Nairobi slum landslide
Source: BBC
4 April 2012 Last updated at 07:31 ET
A landslide has killed at least six people and trapped others in a slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say.
Huge boulders reportedly crashed into houses in the Mathare area at dawn, following torrential rain.
Several people are still thought to be buried under the rubble, residents say.
At least four people have been pulled out alive, but the rescue operation is being hampered by rain and mud, the Kenya Red Cross says.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17608196
Tragic. Things are so bad there already.
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"Another police official, Aphiod Nyagah, said he could hear trapped victims calling for help, but that it would be difficult to rescue them."
