11 dead, 35 missing after Indonesia landslide

At least 11 people were dead and 35 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, an official said on Monday.

The number of missing had risen because more families had reported their relatives as unaccounted for,local search and rescue agency head said.

Some victims were miners while others were people who operated stalls near the mine.Several bridges to the area collapsed and rescuers were having to travel to the site of the disaster by foot due to the difficult terrain, he said.At least 180 people had been deployed as part of the rescue operation, including police officers and soldiers, he added.