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The statement was repeated on another Facebook publish and so on X.
However, the image is unrelated to the landslide in Kenya on May 14, 2024, which buried several people alive, according to local reports. reports (filed here).
A reverse image search revealed that the photo was first published online in 2012, in connection with a landslide in Uganda.
“Residents of Bududa cut down trees and timber on June 26, 2012, while trying to reach victims of a landslide in eastern Uganda, about 200 kilometers from the capital Kampala,” reads the caption of the image in the newspaper weekly, East Africa (filed here).
The photo was taken by AFP freelance photographer Isaac Kasamani and is available in the AFP archives.
On May 14, 2024, the Kenya Red Cross posted on X (filed here) about a landslide on the Kimende Escarpment at around 9pm East African time.
A landslide occurred on the Kimende escarpment in Kiambu County.
Several people are believed to be trapped.
The Red Cross Action Team is on its way to the scene.
— Kenya Red Cross (@KenyaRedCross) May 14, 2024
According to the latest to update by the Kenya Red Cross, the area was “isolated and declared a danger zone” (archived here).
“Although no deaths have been confirmed, several people remain missing,” the Red Cross posted on X.
On May 16, 2024, local newspaper The Standard reported that the search for three missing people was still ongoing.
DAY 2: The search continues for 3 bodies buried after a landslide in Kimende, Kiambu County.
Photos by Kimaku Chege pic.twitter.com/94ISBIHCCy
– The Digital Standard (@StandardKenya) May 16, 2024
The incident comes a few weeks after dozens of residents were dead when a dam broke near Mai Mahiu in the Rift Valley, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) north of Nairobi (archived report).
The East African region suffered weeks of torrential rain that left a trail of deaths, displacement of people and destruction of property.
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