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00:00 The search went on for almost 12 hours, involving heavy equipment and canine rescue.
00:08 The two bodies, which were initially declared missing in the aftermath of the landslide,
00:13 were found around 20 meters from the site where 14 bodies were initially found.
00:21 The two bodies are that of a mother and child.
00:24 They were immediately brought to the Laki Padada Tanah Toraja General Hospital for identification.
00:30 The landslides in two different locations across Tanah Toraja claimed a total of 20
00:35 lives.
00:36 "The landslide in Tanah Toraja has claimed the lives of 20 people.
00:39 The operation of the landslide in Tanah Toraja has been carried out to this day.
00:44 The operation has claimed the lives of three-year-old Ghea Bengkusia, who was found about 20 meters
00:57 from the site of the landslide.
01:00 She was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
01:05 At around 4.15 p.m., the team of the local police found another victim, named Sofia,
01:21 a 43-year-old female, who was about 21 meters from the site of the landslide.
01:34 She was found dead at the scene of the landslide.
01:35 She was taken to the hospital by ambulance."
01:44 Authorities are now set to call off the search and rescue operation in Tanah Toraja following
01:49 the retrieval of the last two bodies.
01:52 The landslide caused a cliff measuring around 200 meters high to fall on a farm after it
01:57 struck four homes along the way.
02:00 It buried and killed 20 residents.
02:02 "This is the corpse of a man who was buried in a hospital.
02:12 The four of them were buried because they were Muslims.
02:26 So, based on the agreement of the local government and the family, the 14 bodies will be buried
02:40 by the local government of the North Toraja.
02:46 Acting South Sulawesi Governor, Bhatia Baharudin, who recently arrived in Toraja, visited the
02:52 families of the deceased at the hospital and attempted to comfort them.
02:57 Those who live at the Toraja mountains have been advised to remain vigilant since rain
03:01 still soaked the area, making it prone to more landslides.
03:06 See Today Interpretive reporting from Tanah Toraja, South Sulawesi.
03:10 For more information visit www.tanah.org/covid19
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