Three Dutch mountaineers found dead in Swiss Alps

Swiss authorities have launched an investigation into the deaths and said they cannot rule out that the three died in an avalanche

Three Dutch mountaineers who had been missing for days have been found dead in the Swiss Alps, and police suggested they may have been victims of an avalanche.

Two men aged 32 and 40 and a 30-year-old woman had been hiking in the southern Swiss canton of Valais when they disappeared, regional police said on Monday.