Three more bodies recovered after Himlung Himal avalanche, nine missing

KATHMANDU: Three more bodies were recovered on Wednesday following an avalanche on Himlung Himal in Manang last Sunday. With these recoveries, the death toll has reached seven, while nine people remain missing.

Assistant Chief District Officer of Manang, Krishna Prasad Paudel, stated that the three bodies were brought to Chame from the Himlung base camp on Wednesday evening. The bodies are scheduled to be transported to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Thursday morning. The victims identified on Wednesday are 58-year-old Ash Gurung from Gorkha, 21-year-old Suraj Rai from Khotang, and 57-year-old Kalam Budha from Rukum.