Eight children trapped after Colombia landslide buries school, say officials

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BOGOTA, July 15 — At least eight children are believed trapped in northwest Colombia after a landslide buried a school on Thursday, local authorities said.Video footage shared on social media showed dozens of villagers with shovels trying to remove a heap of felled trees and rubble.Daniel Quintero, the mayor of Medellin that is the capital of the Antioquia department where the landslide took place, issued an alert on Twitter about a landslide burying a school by the name of El Porvenir.“Initial information mentions eight children trapped,” he said.The message included video footage of people begging for earth-moving equipment.Eliana Rincones, the school’s only teacher, told journalists there were 22 children present at the time of the landslide.“We were at recess when suddenly we heard something very loud; we all turned (to look) and in a matter of seconds we all ran,” she sai…