Eight people, including seven students and a teacher, died when a landslide struck a girls' school in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar coastal city. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at an Islamic study center located within a refugee camp, where it was buried by mud and debris.
Search and rescue operations were immediately launched. Officials confirmed that 13 people were pulled from the mud, with eight pronounced dead. The deceased students were reportedly between the ages of seven and 12.
The region has experienced heavy monsoon rains since Sunday, leading to several fatal landslides in Cox's Bazar. This area hosts the world's largest refugee settlement, accommodating over one million Rohingya people who fled Myanmar.
Rescuers worked to extract victims from the mud that engulfed the school structure. The five children who survived the incident were transported to a local hospital for treatment.