Iceland ends ice cave rescue ends as no more tourists feared trapped


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  • Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024

HELSINKI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Icelandic authorities called off a rescue operation on Monday after confirming that no more people were trapped in a collapsed ice cave, according to local media reports.

Johann Hilmar Haraldsson, a police officer with the South Iceland Police and the field manager for the search for the tourists, said that the search had been stopped and that they were confident there were no more people under the ice, according to Icelandic radio station RUV.

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