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2 killed, 9 injured in ice fall in southern Swiss Alps

A view of the Grand-Combin massif, Switzerland, Friday, May 27, 2022. Swiss police say two mountaineers have been killed and nine other were injured after large chunks of glacier broke off an Alpine peak in southwest Switzerland. Regional Wallis police said seven rescue helicopters were deployed quickly after the breakage near the Grand-Combin range shortly after dawn in an area over 3,400 meters (11,100 feet) where 17 Alpinists had gathered in different groups. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) A view of the Grand-Combin massif, Switzerland, Friday, May 27, 2022. Swiss police say two mountaineers have been killed and nine other were injured after large chunks of glacier broke off an Alpine peak in southwest Switzerland. Regional Wallis police said seven rescue helicopters were deployed quickly after the breakage near the Grand-Combin range shortly after dawn in an area over 3,400 meters (11,100 feet) where 17 Alpinists had gathered in different groups. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) A view of the Grand-Combin massif, Switzerland, Friday, May 27, 2022. Swiss police say two mountaineers have been killed and nine other were injured after large chunks of glacier broke off an Alpine peak in southwest Switzerland. Regional Wallis police said seven rescue helicopters were deployed quickly after the breakage near the Grand-Combin range shortly after dawn in an area over 3,400 meters (11,100 feet) where 17 Alpinists had gathered in different groups. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
2 killed, 9 injured in ice fall in southern Swiss Alps