Five Russian climbers die in fall on world’s seventh highest peak

(Daniel Prudek/Alamy/PA)
(Daniel Prudek/Alamy/PA)

Five Russian mountaineers have died after apparently slipping and falling on the world’s seventh highest peak, an expedition organiser in Nepal has said.

The group were climbing the 26,788ft (8,167m) Mount Dhaulagiri during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.

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