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Innsbruck (dpa) - In two avalanches, a German teenager and an Austrian were killed in Tyrol.
The avalanches broke off on Saturday in Kühtai and Axamer Lizum, as the police reported.
The avalanche warning service in Tyrol reported a total of seven avalanches in which people were affected.
Apart from the two fatal accidents, no one was injured.
There was “considerable avalanche danger”, level three on the five-point scale.
According to the police, the German victim is a 16-year-old native of Munich who lived in Innsbruck.
The boy was with two friends (14 and 15) in the open area in the area of the Neunerkogel.
When he fell at a height of around 2,150 meters, a slab avalanche suddenly loosened and buried him.
The friends had alerted the rescue.
An avalanche dog found the youngster two hours later under half a meter of snow, but he was already dead.
The Austrian ski tourer was buried by a slab avalanche while climbing towards the 2327 meter high Widdersberg.
Two winter sports enthusiasts who were nearby were able to locate the man with avalanche search devices at a depth of two meters, but rescue workers could no longer resuscitate the man.
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Police report on the 16-year-old