2 students killed, 3 missing in Tibet
( 2002-08-14 11:43 ) (8 )

Two members of a Beijing University expedition were killed while three others went missing when they were trying to conquer the 8,012-meter Mount Shisha Pagma in Tibet one week ago, the Tibetan Mountaineering Association (TMA) confirmed on Wednesday.

A rescue team from the TMA has found the bodies of Lin Liqing, captain of the expedition, and another student, a TMA official told Xinhua.

Lin Liqing, Lei Yu, Lu Zhen, Yang Lei and Zhang Xingbo were the first group of the 15-member expedition. They have lost contact with the base camp and other two groups ever since August 7.

The TMA official said avalanche was presumed the cause of the tragedy as the rescue team found traces of snowslide near the accident spot.