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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, February 20 /Xinhua/ — A car carrying tourists sank through the ice on Lake Baikal. One person survived, but the others are presumed dead, RIA Novosti reported, citing Igor Kobzev, Governor of Russia's Irkutsk Region.
Earlier, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (IC) stated that a UAZ vehicle carrying nine people fell through the ice on Lake Baikal near Cape Khoboy, killing a group of tourists.
"Tragedy on Lake Baikal. A car carrying foreign tourists sank through the ice near Cape Khoboy. According to eyewitnesses, one tourist managed to escape, and the whereabouts of the remaining passengers and the driver are being determined. Preliminary reports indicate they are dead," I. Kobzev wrote on the Max platform.
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