4 killed in avalanche in Niigata Pref.

4 killed in avalanche in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - The photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 11:45 a.m. on June 18, shows a helicopter of Niigata prefectural police trying to recover the bodies of four people, who were killed in an avalanche in the village of Irihirose in Niigata Prefecture. The four -- two police officers, a firefighter and an owner of a Japanese-style inn -- were killed while trying to recover the body of a man who went missing on June 17.

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