OREANDA-NEWS   The bodies of three people were found on one of the tourist routes in the Okinsky district of Buryatia, the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reports.

"According to preliminary data, three people died from hypothermia on a tourist route while descending from Mount Munku-Sardyk in the Okinsky district. Their identities are being established," the report says.

It is specified that the group was registered.

Rescuers of the Buryat Republican Search and Rescue Service went to the place.

The Republican Prosecutor's Office clarifies that the bodies of the victims were found on the night of April 20-21. A group of tourists arrived in Buryatia from Krasnoyarsk.