The garbage mountain landslide in Ethiopia: The number of people killed increased to 48

At least 48 people were killed, including many children, in a landslide in a garbage mountain in the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa.

BBC quoted Ethiopian officials as saying that many people are still stuck in Koshe landfill . A local resident said that at the time of the landslide, about 150 people were present at the scene.

Mr. Musa Suleiman Abdulah lost his wood hut in the aforementioned landslide said, when the landslide occurred, he "heard a loud bang": "When we rushed out, we felt There was something like a flood rushing towards me, we gathered together and fled together, so many people helped us, my family was able to escape as soon as the mountain collapsed.

Workers drove excavators to cover the many houses in Koshe landfill.(Photo: Reuters).

Meanwhile, Ibrahim Mohammed, a scavenger who nearly lost his house when the landslide came, said that everything happened "within 3 minutes" and he was lucky enough to escape.

Koshe landfill is the main waste collection site of the capital city of Addis Ababa for 40 years. About 50 families with more than 350 people live around the landfill. They built many huts and makeshift houses here more than 2 years ago.

Mr. Berhanu Degefe, a garbage collector here said: " Our livelihood depends entirely on this landfill. We collect garbage here and also live here. Part of this landfill collapsed so many people died in the night. "

Meanwhile, Mr. Tebeju Asres is still in a daze after the awe-inspiring landslide pointed at a large pile of garbage and said: "My house is right there. My mother and 3 sisters are lying In the house when the landslide took place, I don't know what their fate is. "