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Bodies spotted on Nepal peak where five climbers went missing

Yalung Ri, which rises to 5,630 metres, is seen from base camp in Dolakha district of eastern Nepal, bordering Tibet. (Photo: Michael Wandinger via Wikimedia Commons)

KATHMANDU - ⁠Nepali rescue workers ​have spotted five bodies at a site where ​the same number of ‌climbers went missing last year, officials said on Saturday.

Three foreign climbers — an Italian-Canadian, an Italian and a German — and two Nepali nationals have been missing ​since November last ⁠year after being struck by an avalanche on Yalung Ri.

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