One thousand Europeans missing, 12 dead after Nepal quake

Rescue personnel from the U.S. travel in the back of the vehicle, following Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - One thousand people from the European Union are missing in Nepal and 12 are confirmed dead, nearly a week after a devastating earthquake, the head of the EU delegation here said on Friday.

"We don't know where they are, or they could be," Ambassador Rensje Teerink told reporters, adding that those unaccounted for were mostly tourists in the Langtang and Lukla areas.