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Landslide kills woman, child in southern Switzerland

By Staff The Associated Press
Posted November 6, 2014 5:22 am
1 min read
Rescue workers search in the rubble of a house that was destroyed in a landslide in Bombinasco, southern Switzerland, Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, 2014. A woman and her three-years-old child were found dead later in the building. View image in full screen
Rescue workers search in the rubble of a house that was destroyed in a landslide in Bombinasco, southern Switzerland, Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, 2014. A woman and her three-years-old child were found dead later in the building. AP Photo/Keystone, TI-PRESS/Gabriele Putzu
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BERLIN – Authorities in southern Switzerland say a woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed when a landslide swept over their house.

Zurich daily 20 Minuten reported on its website that crews found the body of the 31-year-old woman and her child buried in the rubble of their home in a remote area near Lugano early Thursday.

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Police, firefighters and other rescue crews using search dogs had searched overnight in the hope of finding the two alive after the landslide Wednesday evening.

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