Five Bosnian climbers confirmed dead on Russia's Mount Elbrus

ADVERTISEMENT Filtered By: Topstories News Published July 27, 2026 3:32am + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. A handout picture taken during the Sochi 2014 Winter relay on October 22, 2013 and released by the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, shows torchbearers carrying an Olympic torch to the Elbrus Mount in Russia's North Caucasus region. Russian torchbearers has started in October 2013 the history's longest Olympic torch relay ahead of February's Winter Games in Sochi, which will take the flame across the country through all 83 of its regions, including extreme locales such as Chukotka, the remote region in Russia's Far East, the turbulent North Caucasus, and even Russia's European exclave Kaliningrad.

AFP PHOTO / SOCHI 2014 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE/File photo SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Five Bosnian climbers died on Russia's Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, after being caught in a violent storm,but the bodies of three people have not yet been evacuated due to bad weather, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday citing Russian authorities.Russia's Emergencies Ministry has said rescuers evacuated the bodies of two dead climbers who were located on the mountain at an altitude of 5,350 metres (17,550 feet), after first saving two other climbers who were evacuated from the mountain and taken for medical care.The regional branch of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said rescuers had recovered the bodies of three more deceased climbers but that they have not yet been evacuated due to bad weather, RIA Novosti reported.

Though the Russian authorities did not specify their nationality, the regional law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti the climbers who died on Elbrus came from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other Stories Romania shoots down third Russian drone; president calls breaches 'intolerable' IOC lifts Russia suspension, athletes to return to international competitions Russians race to adapt cars to use LPG as gasoline runs short Mount Elbrus, which rises to 5,642 metres just north of the border with Georgia, is infamous for sudden changes in weather and climbing conditions.Bosnian media reported the seven members of the climbing expedition were residents of the central town of Zenica and included a married couple and a female doctor who worked at the local hospital.

Russian media reported that adverse weather conditions including strong winds had complicated the search and recovery operations. — Reuters Tags: bosnia, russia, Mount Elbrus More Videos Most Popular LOADING CONTENT LOAD MORE ARTICLES RETRY LOADING