Bern / Chur, Graubuenden, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two guides who have been on trial for their part in the deaths of six soldiers during a military mountain training expedition on the Jungfrau have been acquitted. They were on trial in a Swiss military court for involuntary manslaughter and for not observing military regulations.
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two military tribunals that have been investigating separate accidents which killed six soldiers on the Jungfrau in July 2007 and five soldiers in the Kander river in June 2008 have pressed charges. The cases against three men, one a commanding officer and the other two mountain guides who were hired to work with the army, go to court in Chur in November 2009. The men charged risk up to three years in prison, according to news agency ATS.
Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – The Swiss Army confirmed Friday morning that an avalanche took place on the section of the Jungfrau where six soldiers were killed earlier in July. It refused, however, to conclude at this stage of the investigation that the avalanche was directly responsible for the deaths of the roped climbing team.
