At least 10 people have been killed in a landslide in Yarsha VDC in Rasuwa district at around 2 a.m. on Thursday.

According to reports, all five members of Suk Bahadur Ghale’s family and four members of Goshaing Ghale’s family were washed away by the landslide. Suk Bahadur, his wife, one son and two daughters were killed in the incident. The other person killed in the incident is Karmashya Tamang.

Similarly, the landslide washed away four houses and destroyed two rooms of Thurmi primary school.

Combatants of the Maoist’s Basu Smriti brigade have reached the incident site for rescue work, reports said.

Details are awaited.