5 Indian Everest climbers missing

Kathmandu: Five Indian climbers attempting to scale the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest in Nepal, have gone missing, Nepal Police said on Sunday.
They were reported missing since Saturday morning while attempting to climb the towering 8,848-metre-peak, said Solukhumbu District Superintendent of Police Madhav Prasad Budathoki.
The Indian climbers went missing when they were at a height of 8,000 metres.
Kathmandu’s English daily The Himalayan Times reported on Sunday that at least two Indian climbers had gone missing above 8,000 metres on the Mount Everest while another sustained frostbite injuries while attempting to summit the peak from the Nepali side. (IANS)