Two tourists die in avalanche in Murmansk
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April 11, 2012, 20:38
Two tourists have died and one injured in an avalanche fall in the mountains of the Murmansk region
MOSCOW, April 11 (Itar-Tass) — Two tourists have died and one injured in an avalanche fall in the mountains of the Murmansk region.
“An unregistered group of five tourists, all from St. Petersburg, was in the mountains near the Kirovsk populated area when the avalanche came down,” a spokesperson for the North-Western regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
One tourist managed to phone a rescue service and call in rescue teams.