Teacher, 3 students killed in mudslide

A teacher and three students from Southwest Petroleum University were killed in a sudden mudslide during field research in Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Monday.

The university, located in Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed the deaths on Sina Weibo and said on Thursday that the four victims' bodies had been recovered.

Family members of the victims arrived in Aksu on Wednesday.