No foreigners among flood victims identified in Tibet, Xinhua reports

BEIJING: None of the bodies retrieved in Tibet after the devastating floods that destroyed the Gyirong border crossing with Nepal were foreign nationals, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

A total of 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries remained unaccounted for, Chinese officials said, as they began to confirm the identities of some victims.

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The death toll in Tibet stood at 43, with another 519 people still missing.