Mojokerto, April 4 -- A joint search and rescue (SAR) team has evacuated the bodies of 10 people killed in a landslide on a road connecting Mojokerto district and Batu city in East Java on Thursday.

"Out of the victims, 7 were traveling in a minibus, while the other 3 were in a pickup truck," head of the Surabaya SAR Office, Nanang Sigit, informed in Surabaya city, East Java, on Friday.

He said that the first victim was found at 9:30 a.m. local time, adding that the evacuation process concluded around 11 a.m.

The official added that 6 of the victims were taken to a hospital in Batu city, while the rest were sent to a hospital in Mojokerto for identification by a team from the East Java Police.

"All the victims have been identified," h...