Avalanche in Italian Alps kills two, several missing - media


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  • Saturday, 12 Mar 2016

ROME (Reuters) - An avalanche killed six skiers in the Italian Alps on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years, a fire department spokeswoman said.

Of the six bodies recovered, four were Italian citizens and two others have yet to be identified, the spokeswoman said. An injured Austrian woman was being treated in hospital in the town of Brunico.

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