5 killed, 1 seriously injured in mountain accident in Austria

Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-27 18:52:02|Editor: Lu Hui
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VIENNA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and one was seriously injured as a mountain climbing group crashed in a mountain accident on the Mannlkarscharte district of Zell am See, in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday morning, Austria New Agency APA reported.

A mountaineering traveller group might have crashed, said Anton Voithofer, a spokesman of the Red Cross was quoted as saying. Some five rescue helicopters are deployed at the site for first-aid operation.

"We are currently assuming that it was a matter of a skirmish. It is not possible to explain a misfortune," said the spokesman.

"At the moment, we can not care for any relatives, because it is not yet clear where the victims came from," Voithofer added.

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