Search for missing people underway in Kyrgyzstan after avalanche

A search is underway for six people who went missing after an avalanche in southern Kyrgyzstan, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Rescuers said that a group of 14 people went to the mountains in the Chatkal district of the Jalal-Abad region to collect medicinal plants on October 9.

Eight people were found alive yesterday after being reported missing after an avalanche on October 13.

Searching for the rest six people and 17 horses is still ongoing, involving employees of the emergency situations ministry and local residents.