According to the police, the man was foreign, and belonged to a tour group of seven people. The municipality must be notified, and the police on their way to the scene. Lyngen is an area that has been prone to accidents for mountain climbers for many years, and the high season for climbing tourism is underway. – The rest of the tour group are on their way down to Lyngseidet, where they will be met by the police, the police will have a conversation with the six, says operations manager Morten Augensen at the Troms police district. The rescue helicopter is on its way to the area now to retrieve the dead.
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