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Malaysia: Woman Plunges Into 8-meter Deep Hole after Pavement Sinks

Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department officers inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-meter deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 August 2024. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department officers inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-meter deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 August 2024. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
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Malaysia: Woman Plunges Into 8-meter Deep Hole after Pavement Sinks

Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department officers inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-meter deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 August 2024. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department officers inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-meter deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 August 2024. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

A woman plunged Friday into an 8-meter deep sinkhole in the Kuala Lumpur city center after the pavement she was on caved in, burying her alive, Malaysian authorities said.
The incident happened in Dang Wangi area of the Malaysian capital, where local police chief Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said that based on eyewitness accounts, the woman was walking along the pavement when the earth suddenly collapsed beneath her.
Kuala Lumpur's fire and rescue department, which received a distress call early Friday, has said the woman was believed to be an Indian national.
But Sulizmie said he couldn't confirm her identity, as investigations are ongoing. Rescuers have barricaded part of the area and used an excavator to clear the debris in the hole, but there was no sign of the victim yet.
“The search will continue until the victim is found,” he said. He declined to comment when asked about the possible condition of the woman, or the cause of the incident.

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Security is Stepped Up at a NATO Air Base in Germany Due to a 'Potential Threat'

US soldiers during a ceremony handing over four F-16 fighter jets at Balad Air Base. (AP)
US soldiers during a ceremony handing over four F-16 fighter jets at Balad Air Base. (AP)
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Security is Stepped Up at a NATO Air Base in Germany Due to a 'Potential Threat'

US soldiers during a ceremony handing over four F-16 fighter jets at Balad Air Base. (AP)
US soldiers during a ceremony handing over four F-16 fighter jets at Balad Air Base. (AP)

Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” and all staff not essential to missions have been sent home as a precaution, NATO said.
The Geilenkirchen air base, near the border with the Netherlands, is where the alliance's Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft are based.
A post on the NATO AWACS fleet's account on social media network X late Thursday night announcing that “we raised the security level" did not elaborate on the nature of the potential threat. It said that “operations continue as planned.”
German news agency dpa said a reporter saw police cars on the grounds of the air base. Police confirmed a deployment Thursday night but gave no details, and offered no information on Friday morning, The Associated Press said.
Last week, a major German air force based near Cologne was locked down for several hours amid fears that its water supply might have been tampered with. An investigation found no evidence of such sabotage. There were also reports of suspicious observations at Geilenkirchen and a person was briefly detained for questioning near the base, dpa reported at the time, but there turned out to be nothing untoward.
The incidents come at a time of jitters about the possible vulnerability of infrastructure to attempted Russian sabotage.
On Thursday, prosecutors in Flensburg, in Germany's far north, said they were investigating suspicions of espionage for the purpose of sabotage, without elaborating on who might be behind it. German media reported that drones had been spotted over a chemical park in Brunsbuettel, on the North Sea coast.