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Manali: A shepherd and 116 livestock were killed after a huge mountain face collapsed in Sargha panchayat area of Nirmand subdivision in Kullu district on Monday afternoon. A total of 116 livestock, including 110 sheep and goats, three cows, two bullocks and a mule were killed. Police said as the region is too far from the village, they received the information late in the evening.Some shepherds were grazing sheep, goats and cattle near Humka village when the mountain face collapsed suddenly, said cops. His body was later found embedded between uprooted deodar trees in the evening.Anni sub-divisional magistrate Chet Singh said, “Seven persons lost their livestock in the calamity. As tonnes of debris and boulders came rolling down the hill side, many shepherds saved their lives by running from the spot but Bega Nand, a resident of Humka village, was buried under it..