KATHMANDU: Two bodies believed to be of South Koreans have been found on Sunday. They had been missing after being hit by an Annapurna avalanche in January officials said on Sunday — a day after discovering the body of their Nepali guide.
A wall of snow hit a trekking trail at about 3,230 meters near the Annapurna base camp on January 17, burying four South Koreans and three locals.
Police returned to the area on Friday after thawing snow revealed a bag.
“A team of rescuers in an army helicopter is trying to bring two more bodies from the avalanche site which we found on Saturday,” Kaski district police chief Dan Bahadur Karki told AFP.
“Both bodies have not been identified yet but they could be of the South Koreans as they were found at the same area where they went missing.”
The body of the Nepal guide was found on Friday. Another body of a local guide, who had worked for a Chinese team, was also found a month earlier.
Avalanches and more snowfall since then made it too dangerous to launch a proper hunt.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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