KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The bodies of 1,293 people killed in the Bhotekoshi flash flood have been recovered so far. Similarly, 4,798 people remain missing following the flood.
Spokesperson for the Nepal Police Headquarters, Deputy Inspector General Abi Narayan Kafle, said that of the recovered bodies, 32 were children, 250 were women and 427 were men, while 532 bodies were recovered with partial remains. Two people died while undergoing treatment at hospitals.
Among those still missing are 2,369 men and 478 women, police added.
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Kafle said police have continued the process of identifying and managing bodies recovered from different flood-hit areas.
According to the Nepal Police Headquarters, 8,197 people have been rescued alive so far. Of them, 4,618 are men and 2,472 are women.
Likewise, 1,055 foreigners and 52 unidentified persons have so far been rescued alive, according to records maintained at the police headquarters.
DNA samples from 1,143 deceased people and 711 relatives of the deceased have been collected to facilitate the identification process, police said.
Police added that 926 bodies have been buried safely so far.
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