14-year-old dies after boulder falls on him in Himachal's Kullu

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In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old boy died after a boulder hit him following a minor landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Friday, police said. Lokesh was walking along with two other boys when the boulder hit him near Bashing village in the evening, Kullu superintendent of police Gaurav Singh said.

A resident of Nalhach village, the injured teenager was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the SP said. The other two boys escaped without any injuries, he added.

Recently, At least 41 people have been reportedly killed in the latest heavy rains and landslides that have affected almost 4,30,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.

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