8 missing after landslide in Switzerland: police

A handout photo released on August 24 by the Police Cantonale des Grisons shows a partial view of the landslide in the Swiss village of Bondo on August 23./ AFP / Police Cantonale des Grisons / 

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Eight people, including German, Austrian and Swiss citizens, are missing following a landslide that forced the evacuation of several small villages in southeastern Switzerland on Wednesday, police said Thursday.

“In the region of Val Bondasca, eight people who were there at the time of the landslide have not been found,” the Graubunden cantonal police said in a statement.