Polish citizen dies in course of trekking

Rasuwa, Oct 8: Sowinska Agnieszka, 23, from Poland died while trekking around the Suryakunda area, the border of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts last night. 

According to the Rasuwa District Police Office Chief Keshab Bhattarai, Agnieszka with passport number 'FE 3051811' died and her body was retrieved with the help of the Nepali Army Shreenath Battalion and the Nepal Police and brought to Gosaikunda before it was sent to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Maharajgunj on a helicopter for post-mortem examination.

The post-mortem report is awaited to determine the cause of the death which may be due to altitude sickness or other factors, it is said. (RSS)