Rescue operation after fatal Austria avalanche

A German man is missing after an avalanche in Austria buried a group of skiers, killing one and injuring a second.

Reutte (Austria): Austrian authorities say a German man is still missing after an avalanche buried a group of skiers, killing one and injuring a second.

Three other skiers were rescued unharmed.

The six men had been on a backcountry tour through a forest near the Austrian town of Reutte on the German border when an avalanche buried them Saturday afternoon on a treeless stretch.

The missing man, the 42-year-old who died and the 37-year-old who was injured were all from Bavaria in southern Germany.

It was not clear where the three unharmed men came from.

(With inputs from APTN)