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| Austrian avalanche: Czech skiers killed in Alps | Austrian avalanche: Czech skiers killed in Alps |
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| Five Czech skiers have been killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps, local police say. | |
| Tirol police spokesman Helmut Schuetz said another two people were injured when the avalanche struck the Wattener Lizum region, south-east of Innsbruck. | |
| He added that a total of 17 people were caught in the "massive" avalanche that struck shortly before midday. Rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. | |
| There were no immediate details on the condition of those injured. | |
| There have been several deadly avalanches in the French Alps this skiing season. | |
| Five French Foreign Legion soldiers died near the resort of Valfrejus on 18 January, and another died later in hospital. | |
| Two French teenage students and a Ukrainian tourist were killed four days earlier when a teacher took students onto a closed piste at the Deux-Alpes resort. | |
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