Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps.
The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died on Sunday in the Austrian Alps in Wildgerlostal on Mount Gabler, east of Innsbruck, and a sixth climber was severely injured, the Austrian news agency APA reported.
The six were roped together when they fell in a very remote area of the mountain at an altitude of about 2,000 metres. The lone survivor was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Salzburg and is in stable condition, public broadcaster ORF reported.
Apparently one member of the group slipped and fell on a glacier, bringing the others down with him, said Martin Reichholf, the head of the rescue teams.
The group fell down 200 metres on a steep slope covered with ice and debris.
One of the climbers who died was identified as a 34-year-old man from the German state of Bavaria, and all five of those killed were likely from Germany, the German news agency DPA reported.
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