A mountain boot found next to the remains of two Japanese climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1970. Photo: AFP
The remains of two young Japanese climbers missing on the Matterhorn mountain since a 1970 snowstorm in the Swiss Alps have been identified through DNA testing of their relatives, police said.
Human bones spotted by a climber last September on a shrinking glacier at an altitude of 2,800 meters were sent to the medical examiner for identification, the cantonal (state) police in the Valais added.
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