Baglung, Sept. 29 -- As many as 12 people have died in Baglung district following floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in a week. The deaths occurred on September 25, 26 and 27, police said.

On the night of September 25, Man Bahadur Roka of Dhammar in ward 5 of Tarakhola Rural Municipality was killed when a landslide buried his house.

According to Superintendent of Police Phanindra Prasai of the District Police Office, 11 people died on September 26 and 27. Three people died, and five others were injured in Tarakhola Rural Municipality. Four people died in Tamankhola Rural Municipality, while five died and one remains missing in Nisikhola Rural Municipality.

Police Inspector Yam Narayan Aryal, the information officer a...