India, July 21 -- A five-year-old student was killed and four children were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain led to a boulder piercing through a wall of the Government School in Bhainch panchayat area in Poonch district on Monday morning, police said.

Ehsan Ali, the son of Mohammad Razaq of Kalsian in Bhainch panchayat area, died on the spot. "A student was killed and four others were injured when a boulder came hurtling down a hill and pierced through the wall of the primary school building in Kalsian," said a senior police officer.

The injured students were rushed to the district hospital in Poonch. They were identified as Mohammad Safeer, 7, the son of Mohammad Shareef of Kalsian Bhainch, Bilal Farooq, 8, the son of F...