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FILER --- Canyoning in the river 'Saxetenbach' (Canton Berne, near Interlaken), taken August 1997, exactly in that river where Tuesday, July 27, 1999, 19 people were killed and six injured. Wednesday morning, two persons are still missing. The victims are tourists from Switzerland, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and South Africa. Four of the 19 victims are women. Most of the victims were badly injured at the head. If they are drowned or killed by falling rocks because of a heavy storm it is not clear yet. (KEYSTONE/ARCHIVE/MARTIN RUETSCHI)