<p>Four children were killed and two others injured as a massive landslide swept away a building in Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Friday at Thuampui neighbourhood in the Bawngkawn police station area in the northeastern part of the city, they said.</p>.<p>An Assam-type building, in which a seven-member family lived, was swept away by the retaining wall that collapsed due to a landslip, triggered by rains, police said.</p>.<p>Six of the seven family members were present in the house at the time of the incident, they said.</p>.<p>Four children, aged between three and 16, died on the spot. The head of the family, Lalbiakzuala (75), escaped from the debris and another member was rescued alive, police said.</p>.<p>The bodies were recovered from the debris during the rescue operation launched by police and local volunteers soon after the incident.</p>.<p>The last body to be recovered was that of a 16-year- old girl, who was killed along with her twin sister, around 6 am on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>Three occupants of another building, which stood below, managed to escape when they heard the loud noise of the landslide.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Four children were killed and two others injured as a massive landslide swept away a building in Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Friday at Thuampui neighbourhood in the Bawngkawn police station area in the northeastern part of the city, they said.</p>.<p>An Assam-type building, in which a seven-member family lived, was swept away by the retaining wall that collapsed due to a landslip, triggered by rains, police said.</p>.<p>Six of the seven family members were present in the house at the time of the incident, they said.</p>.<p>Four children, aged between three and 16, died on the spot. The head of the family, Lalbiakzuala (75), escaped from the debris and another member was rescued alive, police said.</p>.<p>The bodies were recovered from the debris during the rescue operation launched by police and local volunteers soon after the incident.</p>.<p>The last body to be recovered was that of a 16-year- old girl, who was killed along with her twin sister, around 6 am on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>Three occupants of another building, which stood below, managed to escape when they heard the loud noise of the landslide.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH latest videos:</strong></p>