Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA News) - A landslide triggered by two days of incessant rains killed four people of the same family at Bere-Bere area in Maluku province`s capital of Ambon on Sunday.

Secretary of the Maluku Provincial Natural Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) Kilfy Wakanno on Sunday confirmed the landslide which claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and two children.

One person is seriously injured. He is being treated at dr.Haulussy Hospital in Ambon.

This is the second landslide that killed people in Ambon since April 30 when a resident of Batugantong area was also killed in a landslide.(*)

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