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- Four days after a violent landslide in southern Norway, rescuers have found seven dead in the disaster area.
- Work is now under way to remove the last bodies discovered from the disaster area, police said.
- Several people were still missing in the afternoon. Even more than 100 hours after the disaster, rescuers don’t give up hope of finding survivors.
The landslide occurred early Wednesday morning in Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum, about 40 kilometers northeast of Oslo. At least ten people were injured and nine houses collapsed as a result of their departure.
After the first find on New Year’s Day and three more on Saturday, emergency services discovered three dead on Sunday.
After the landslide, about 1,000 people were saved. The ground in parts of the snowy accident area was initially so unstable after the exit that it was too dangerous for rescuers to enter. Instead, helicopters and drones were used to search for survivors. Since Friday, rescuers and police dogs could also be sent on foot to the red zone in the area, where the first body was found.
Several people remain missing, including women, men and two girls aged two and 13. The search for them should continue.
Of the seven fatalities, only the identity of the first found is known: it is a 31-year-old man. Apparently, it was a friend of the Norwegian professional tennis player Casper Ruud. According to the NTB news agency, the 31-year-old has worked with various sports professionals and held a management position in a company he ran with Ruud.
