At least five survivors of the last year devastated earthquake were killed on Tuesday when landslide hit their temporary shelter homes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

The victims, including four children, belonged to a single family.

Four other people were injured in the incident.

The incident took place late last night at village Bala Bandi, some 63 km southeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan- controlled Kashmir when the people were asleep.

Police said that the landslides hit some six temporary shelter homes.

Rescuers recovered all bodies from the rubble. Mother, her three sons and a daughter among those died.

Police said that residents of five other temporary shelters run away when the landslide took place.

Officials said that 1,500 families, comprising around 10,000 people, have been shifted to safe places in the wake of landslide and floods in the past few weeks. Most of the people were shifted to tent homes set up by the government.

Geological Survey of Pakistan had identified some areas vulnerable to landslides. Officials said that there was a danger of landslides in several other places. They said that more people could be shifted to safe places in case of more rains.

Landslides have blocked roads in parts of quake-hit Kashmir, causing difficulties for the people.

Source: Xinhua