Torrential rains set off a mudslide down the hills into a village in central Indonesia, killing eight people and leaving more than 100 missing, officials said Saturday. About 105 houses were swept away by the landslide late Friday in Jemblung village in Banjarnegara district of Central Java province, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. He said rescuers have so far retrieved eight bodies, including an 8-year-old boy, and brought 38 injured villagers to a hospital, four of them in critical condition. Hundreds of people, including police, soldiers and residents, were digging through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes for 100 people still missing. They were later helped by tractors and bulldozers arriving in the district. About 370 other residents were evacuated to several temporary shelters, AP reported.
