At least 11 killed, 50 still missing after landslide in southwest China

A landslide in Chongqing has killed 11 people, left 50 missing and injured 10. The rising toll has kept specialised teams focused on recovering those still unaccounted for.

In Short

• Chinese state media updated the confirmed fatalities from eight to eleven
• Fifty people remain missing after the mountainside collapse struck on July 17
• Ten people were injured in the landslide in southwestern Chongqing

The death toll from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing last week has risen to 11, with 50 people still missing and 10 injured, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

Specialised teams are still working to recover the remains of those who remain unaccounted for, state-run Xinhua news agency said. The confirmed death toll from the collapse of the mountainside on July 17 previously stood at eight.

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