Five cross-country skiers found dead in Switzerland

Five cross-country skiers have been found dead in Switzerland on Monday.Police were searching on Sunday for six people who went missing during a skiing tour that started in Zermatt.

Bad weather conditions had made the search difficult, but a team of rescuers eventually found the five bodies, the police said. The sixth missing person is still being sought.The group had set out from Zermatt on Saturday and had been missing since then in the area of the 3,706 meter high Tete Blanche Mountain, which lies Swiss-Italian border.