Six killed in Avalanche in Tibet

Beijing: Six people, part of a rescue team, were killed in an avalanche in southwest China`s Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday. The six victims were members of a rescue team that was on their way to rescue two herdsmen. The team consisted of seven local residents in a village in the Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture. The other villager in the rescue team is currently in a deep coma, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. PTI