Swiss police search for six missing skiers near Matterhorn


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  • Sunday, 10 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Tourists take a picture in front of the Matterhorn mountain at the Gornergrat in Zermatt, Switzerland June 2, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

GENEVA (Reuters) - Police in Switzerland's Valais canton on Sunday were searching for six people who went missing during a ski tour that departed from the Alpine town of Zermatt.

The skiers went missing around Tête Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla path, near the Matterhorn mountain that straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, police said.

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