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Three Basques killed and one missing in the Swiss Alps
  • The group of young Navarros tourists has been hit by a strong storm along the Pamplona gorge. The rescue teams are looking for the fourth young man, a young man of Nigerian origin.
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The event took place at 19:00 this Wednesday at the Partitobel Creek in the Swiss region of Pfäfers.

The four tourists were surprised by the storm, and the bodies of the three have been recovered on Thursday morning. Next to them were two more people who returned to the hotel before the accident occurred.

They are Mikel Zabraise Hernández from Uharte Arakil (29 years), Mikel Lasa Mendizabal de Allo (33 years) and Andoni González Ortiz de Murua (47 years) from Zizur. The missing is Diego Maeztu Martínez de Morentin, neighbor of Allo.

18: Over 30 hours, there was a strong storm, with a rainfall of between 25 and 30 liters per square meter in that area, and the two who separated from the group called the Police half an hour after the storm began, not having come to the location agreed with the other four members.