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Three tourists die in landslide in Corsica mountain: report

Xinhua, June 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Three tourists were killed on Wednesday following a landslide at a hiking site in the French Island of Corsica, a local media reported.

According to the news channel BFMTV, the accident happened on Wednesday noon when the hikers fell from an altitude of 1,500 meters because of a landslide caused by major storms which had hit the island.

Two others tourists were seriously wounded with several others were reported missing, BFMTV added. Endit