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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Osborne

Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border

Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said.

One hundred people were evacuated from Bondo yesterday.

Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police in Graubuenden canton said some buildings were damaged.

Police said they haven't yet been able to reach eight people who were in the Bondasca valley at the time of the slide — nationals of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 

Six of those people have been reported missing by relatives. 

Several small villages in southeastern Switzerland were evacuated following the landslide (AFP/Getty Images)

That prompted an "intensified" search overnight.

A Swiss army helicopter was deployed as part of the search. 

An emergency warning system was set up in the village after a massive landslide in 2012.

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