8 More Climbers Reported Killed

Seven Alpine climbers fell to their deaths in the Italian Dolomites and another had a fatal plunge in Switzerland, raising to 37 the number of people killed in the European Alps in four weeks. Four climbers, identified as firefighters from central Italy, were killed near the 12,700-foot Gran Zebru peak in the South Tyrol, the ANSA news agency reported. A few hours later, three other climbers died on the same mountain. They were not immediately identified. Swiss authorities said a climber was killed in a fall from Wetterhorn mountain near Grindelwald in the central Swiss Alps. The climber’s identity was not released.