Cirebon, (ANTARA News) - Two people were killed when four construction workers were hit by landslide in the village of Sampora, Kuningan, West Java, on Saturday.

The four workers were digging the ground to make foundation of a Muslim boarding school when they were suddenly buried alive in the land slide that morning.

The four were rushed to a hospital in nearby town of Bandorasa but two of them died later in the day, villagers said.

The two dead victims, Taman (35) and Sarida (40) were from the village of Sampiran in the district of Talun.

Suparman, the chief of the Sampiran village said the two injured victims were still treated at the hospital for broken bones.

(AS/H-YH)

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