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In Norway, Rasa Lasinskienė, a 49-year-old Lithuanian citizen, is at the scene of a landslide, a representative of the Foreign Minister informed BNS.
“The Norwegian police have officially announced the list of missing persons. It also includes the Lithuanian citizen Rasa Lasinskienė. The authorities report that an intensive search is continuing at the disaster scene,” Vytautė Šmaižytė told BNS.
According to her, the Lithuanian Embassy in Norway maintains regular contact with local officials and government officials and is ready to respond.
When the slope of the hill slipped Wednesday morning in the town of Asko in Jerdrum municipality, about 25 km northeast of the capital Oslo, a stream of mud flooded or destroyed several houses.
PHOTO GALLERY. Tragedy in Norway: landslide topples houses up to 400 meters in search of missing people
“A body was found in the landslide,” police said, but did not provide details on the identity of the victim.
A police report says the victim was found on Friday around 2 pm 30 minutes. local time (15h 30 min Lithuanian). Rescue teams continue to work at the disaster site, with the help of specialists from Sweden.
Police have previously announced the names of 10 missing persons. Eight of them are adults, the other two are children aged two and 13. Among the missing is Rasa Lasinskienė, a 49-year-old Lithuanian citizen.
Services until Monday at 3pm. they banned flights over the disaster area while the rescuer continued his aerial searches.
“We continue to think that we can find survivors in the landslide area,” a rescuer told TV2.
“It just came to our knowledge then [pirmoji auka], it shows us that we are in an area where there may be people ”, added the official.
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