BEIJING: Two elderly Japanese tourists died and another was missing after being trapped in sudden heavy snowstorms during a visit to the Great Wall of China, Beijing said yesterday.
Two women, aged 62 and 68, were confirmed dead, and a 76-year-old Japanese man remained missing on a snow-covered mountain near the wall in China’s northern Hebei province.
Another Japanese tourist and a Chinese man who works for a Japanese tour agency were receiving medical treatment at a local clinic. “Four Japanese tourists were trapped by bad weather,” foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a press briefing in Beijing. “So far, one Japanese tourist was rescued, two died, and one is still missing.”
AFP
