An avalanche on a mountain Mama in Buryatia died a French citizen. This was the eyewitness of the incident told members of the Baikal search and rescue team, said on Sunday, March 12, “Interfax”.
The victim was climbed in a group of climbers. According to the search team, it was four. However, in OVD Kabansky district said that the team consisted of eight people, three of whom were French. As noted, they moved from the Irkutsk region and was not registered in search and rescue units.
The accident was reported by one of the members of the group, calling on the rescue database. To help the victims of the departed members of the Baikal search and rescue team of EMERCOM of Russia.
In July 2016 the group of climbers, among whom were Russian, Estonian and two Israeli civilians died while climbing on mount Ushba in Georgia. According to rescuers, the climbers fell off the cliff and died on the spot.