Four dead in French Alps avalanche: police

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AFP Nice (France)
Last Updated : Mar 02 2018 | 11:05 PM IST
At least four skiers were killed today in an avalanche in the French Alps, police said.
Another person has been injured and one more is missing after the avalanche in the area around Entraunes, near Italy in the southern Alps, national police said on Twitter.
Georges-Francois Leclerc, chief of the Alpes-Maritimes region, said the avalanche had struck people who were skiing off-piste near the Mercantour national park.
A rescue operation was under way.

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First Published: Mar 02 2018 | 11:05 PM IST

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