Society

5 hikers still missing in S China tourism region

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-06 07:04

NANNING - Police in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said Thursday that one of the 6 hikers, who had been missing since Friday, has been rescued, but the rest are still missing.

Ten hikers were initially reported missing, police said, adding the number was later fixed at six.

Zou Changxin, one of the hikers, was found Wednesday in a village in Daoxian County.

Zou and other hikers were touring the Qianjiadong tourism site, Guanyang County, before they went missing.

Rescuers are still searching for the missing.

They made several plans to search for the missing hikers, said a county official, adding the freezing weather and sleet hampered the rescue efforts.