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Dominic Giannini

Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Australia and aid organisations are helping Papua New Guinea after a devastating landslide believed to have killed thousands of people but the actual death toll remains murky.

More than 2000 people are estimated to have been buried alive in a landslide in the remote Enga province, a PNG official has told the United Nations as the country asked for international help.

But exact casualties are unclear, with local councillor and chairman of a disaster committee Jaman Yandam revising the death count to around 160.

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