At least 16 dead in river sports accident in Switzerland
At least 16 people were killed in Switzerland in a "canyoning" river sports accident near the tourist resort of Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland, on Tuesday evening.
At least 16 people were killed in Switzerland in a “canyoning” river sports accident near the tourist resort of Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland, on Tuesday evening.
“I can confirm that 16 people were killed and there are six others injured,” a regional police spokesman told journalists.
He said it was not a rafting accident as first assumed.
Canyoning usually involves a variety of activities, including abseiling through waterfalls, jumping into pools, swimming, wading, scrambling and floating on inflatable mats.
(More details of this developing story will follow shortly)
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