Body of Missing British Hiker Found in Italian Alps
10th January 2025
Another British man remains missing. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, were last heard from on 1st January. Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it only received an…
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Another British man remains missing. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, were last heard from on 1st January.
Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it only received an alert about the men on January 6th, five days after the men set out, after they failed to make a scheduled flight home and relatives contacted authorities.
The immediate search was hampered by snowfall, fog and avalanche warnings.
The Italian rescue services say a body was found “unfortunately lifeless, buried under the snow” after a helicopter search resumed on last Wednesday.
The discovery was made in a high-altitude area where a phone signal was last recorded from one of the men, it added.
The body was believed to be that of Mr Harris and was found under snow at the foot of a rock face on Carè Alto mountain near Trento.
The statement said his cause of death was unclear but one possible cause was a fall “from above”.
The rescue team added it was forced to abandon a search for Mr Ziriat, which had been using dog units specialised in avalanche searches, due to weather conditions.
The search will resume as soon as weather conditions allow.
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