UPDATE:- “LIFELESS BODY FOUND BURIED UNDER THE SNOW”
A body has been found in the search for two British men who went missing in the Dolomites, Italy’s alpine rescue service has said.
Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, who attended Teddington School, were last heard from on 1 January after sending messages home from the Trentino region in northern Italy. They did not check into their flight home on 6 January.
The rescue team said a body was found “unfortunately lifeless, buried under the snow” after a helicopter search resumed on Wednesday morning.
The discovery was made in a high-altitude area where a phone signal was last recorded from one of the men, it added.
Earlier today the team issued an update saying the men’s backpacks and equipment were found during a search of a bivouac hut they are believed to have sheltered at.