Five skiers who went missing during a ski tour in Switzerland have been found dead, and a sixth skier is still being searched for, police said in a statement on Monday, UNN reports citing Reuters.
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The skiers, five members of the same family, went missing near Mount Tet Blanche on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla highway, near the Matterhorn mountain in the Alps, which lies on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
According to police, the bodies were found on Sunday in the Tet Blanche sector.
According to a preliminary police statement, the skiers were between 21 and 58 years old. Five belonged to the same family from the canton of Valais, and the sixth person was from the canton of Fribourg.
Police are not disclosing the identities of those found dead.
Addendum
Zermatt is a popular mountain resort known for skiing and attracting tourists from all over the world.