Teenager killed as landslide hits Patan in Kashmir

A 16-year-old boy was killed in a landslide at Patan in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said today.

Akhter Hussain Sofi, a resident of Udina village in Patan, was buried alive when a landslide struck close to his home, they said.

His body had been retrieved from the debris and handed over to his family, police said.