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A climber trying to scale Mont Blanc may have accidentally caused a slab of ice to snap off high in the French Alps, sparking an avalanche which swept nine European climbers to their deaths, authorities said.

A climber trying to scale Mont Blanc accidentally caused a slab of ice to snap off, sparking an avalanche high in the French Alps which swept nine European climbers to their deaths, authorities said.