Rescuers reportedly found about 20 bodies. On the seventh day of the search after the landslide, 13 people remain on the missing persons list, almost half of them children.
In Georgia, in the natural disaster zone in Shov, on Wednesday morning, August 9, the number of bodies found increased to 20. This was announced by the representative of the Parliament Shalva Papuaashvili, the information portal wrote News-Georgia.
It was also reported that 13 people remained on the missing persons list on the seventh day of the search after the landslide, almost half of them children.
Up to a thousand rescuers and the military continue to work in the area, a large amount of equipment has been mobilized, the report said.
It was also reported that a citizen of Georgia was included in the list of missing persons by mistake. According to the Minister of Regional Development Irakli Karseladze, the relatives of this person provided incorrect data. The man is alive and police contacted him.
Recall that a large-scale removal of rocks in Chauve took place on August 3. Earlier it was reported that 18 people were killed, in particular, a citizen of Ukraine, another 16 were considered missing.
Source: korrespondent
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