Third victim identified

Boenigen - Police said yesterday they had identified a third victim of the Swiss canyoning accident that left 19 dead, two missing…

Boenigen - Police said yesterday they had identified a third victim of the Swiss canyoning accident that left 19 dead, two missing and six injured.

The latest victim to be identified was a Swiss national, one of the eight Adventure World guides with the four groups involved in the accident in the Saxet gorge near Boenigen, central Switzerland.

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