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LAOS-DISASTER-MISSING
131 reported missing in dam disaster: Laos PM
ATTAPEU, Laos, July 25, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The prime minister of communist
Laos on Wednesday said 131 people had been “reported missing” following a dam
collapse in the country’s south.
“All of the missing are Lao nationals,” Thongloun Sisoulith told a
televised press conference, giving his first public update on the disaster
that has killed at least 26 people.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1804 hrs