Death Toll in Ethiopian Garbage Dump Landslide Rises to 65 - News Summed Up

Death Toll in Ethiopian Garbage Dump Landslide Rises to 65


Rescue workers carry the body of a victim recovered out from a pile of garbage following a landslide when a mound of trash collapsed on an informal settlement at the Koshe garbage dump in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 13, 2017. "My babies, my babies, my little daughter," cried one man wandering through the garbage dump in the Ethiopian capital, tears streaming down his face. The landslide late on Saturday destroyed 49 dwellings and left 28 people injured, city spokesman Amare Mekonen said. Hundreds of people live on the 50-year-old Reppi dump, the city's only landfill site, scavenging for food and items they can sell such as recyclable metal. On Monday, rescuers used bulldozers to move piles of trash as hundreds of people gathered at the scene, weeping and praying.


Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2017 07:30 UTC



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