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| September 24, 2012 | Nine climbers killed in Nepal avalanche | | Kathmandu: Nine climbers have been killed by avalanche in Nepal's Gorkha district. They were killed after avalanche buried them while they were having breakfast in 2 and
3 number base camps of Manaslu Mountain in Samagaun VDC- 4, Nepal News quoted District Police Office, Gorkha, as saying. The climbers were the foreigners mainly
from France and Germany , according to the police. The identities of two deceased
have been established so far. They have been identified as Christianmetteu Meyer,
the German citizen and Babu Dorje Sherpa of Nepal , Gorkha police chief DSP Basanta
Bahadur Kunwar informed Nepalnews. He also said that there have been difficulties
to send rescue teams from district headquarters as the incident site is located
at an altitude of some 7,000 meters and is around 100 km away from the district
headquarters. "Seven dead bodies have been collected and rescuers are searching
the missing persons," he quoted Simrik Air officials as saying on Monday. Earlier,
rescue teams rescued 12 tourists alive from the incident site. Four persons are
still missing, according to him. Three helicopters--two belonging to Simrik Air
and another belonging to Fishtail Air -- have been conducting rescue operation.
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