Europeans among fatalities in Nepal avalanche

An avalanche hit climbers on a high Himalayan peak in Nepal yesterday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said.

Many of the climbers were French or German.

Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man were recovered and that rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, the eighth highest mountain in the world.