5 cross-country skiers found dead after going missing near the Matterhorn

11/03/2024

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From left to right, Beatrice Pilloud, general public Prosecutor of the canton of Valais, Christian Varone Commandant of the Valais Cantonal Police and Fredy-Michel Roten, director of the OCVS (Organisation cantonale valaisanne des secours), attend a press conference, in Sion, Switzerland, on March 11. (AP)

GENEVA, March 11, (AP): Five cross-country skiers have been found dead after going missing over the weekend near Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn, Swiss police said Monday.
Rescue authorities announced a search in difficult weather conditions Sunday for six skiers missing. The group set off Saturday on a route between the resort town of Zermatt, at the foot of the Matterhorn, and the village of Arolla, near the border with Italy.
A crew of three rescuers and a mountain police team deployed near the Dent Blanche, or White Tooth, cabin found the bodies of five of the skiers.
A search was continuing for the sixth person. The nationalities or other identity details of the victims were not immediately indicated.

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