SWITZERLAND: Several mountaineers were injured Friday in an ice fall in Alpine southwest Switzerland, police said following a rescue attempt involving several helicopters.Police received calls at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) reporting that mountaineers had been caught up in falling seracs -- columns of glacial ice formed by crevasses -- on the Grand Combin, a glacial massif near the Italian border in the Wallis region.“Around 15 mountaineers were there,“ the Wallis police said in a statement.“Several climbers were impacted. Regrettably, there are victims. Other mountaineers on the spot were evacuated,“ the statement said, adding that further details would be given in due course.Seven helicopters with
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