At least 22 die in mudslides

BANGLADESH: At least 22 people were killed Monday in mudslides triggered by a heavy monsoon downpour in a hilly southeastern Bangladesh port city, rescue officials said.

Parts of a hill collapsed on a hillside shantytown near a military area in the city, burying dozens of bamboo and straw shanties. Army rescuers pulled out at least 11 bodies from the debris, police officer Akhter said. Six others died in another hillside slum near a power station, police officer Mamun said. The officers only gave their first names under official briefing rules.

Another five members of a family died when walls of their brick home collapsed in heavy rain on the Chittagong University campus.

Chittagong, Monday, AP