A landslide that swept over houses in a village in Central Asian Kyrgyzstan early Saturday has killed 24 people including nine children, the emergencies ministry told AFP 
"All 24 citizens of Kyrgzystan, nine of them children, died under the landslide in the south of the country," said emergencies ministry spokeswoman Elmira Sheripova, updating an initial statement that reported four dead and at least 20 missing.