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Three UN employees hit by avalanche in Turkey, one of them killed

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The deceased worked at the UN office in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Three United Nations diplomats were caught in an avalanche at the Erciyes Ski Center in Kayseri Province. As a result, one of the UN employees died.

This is reported by the local edition of Sabah.

According to local media, skiers were hit by an avalanche that had risen on the territory of the Erciyes Ski Center. During the search work of two diplomats, Canadian tourists were found. They were taken to the hospital with injuries. The third tourist was found dead. A 45-year-old Canadian citizen died, he worked at the UN office in Gaziantep, Turkey.

According to the publication, the UN staff carried out the descent outside the equipped trails.

Recall that in the Carpathians on January 15, while climbing Hoverla, a 49-year-old woman and her 12-year-old child were injured. Read the details at this link.

Also in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, when climbing Mount Hoverla, one person died, two more were injured.

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