Schoolchildren killed in avalanche Japan

tokio - When a snow avalanche on Monday in a ski resort in the north of the Japanese capital Tokyo were killed several people. That the BBC reports. About fifty people were when the avalanche occurred in the area. Among them many students and teachers from different schools.

According to Japanese media, six people were deceased and three missing. Many students have been injured and some feared for their lives.

The avalanche happened in the Nasu Onsen Family Ski Resort in Tochigi, north of Tokyo.