Twelve people were killed and 11 houses buried after a landslide was triggered by heavy rain in Sukabumi regency, West Java, an official said Sunday.

The landslide hit Cimerak hamlet, Tegal Panjang village, late on Saturday after a heavy downpour, according to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

"We found all 12 bodies," Sutopo said as quoted by AFP.

He said heavy rain caused a cliff to collapse, hitting the village and burying 11 houses.
(Jakarta Post/ANN)