German tourist falls to his death at Khumjung

A tourist fell to his death while taking photographs in Khumjung of Solukhumbu on Thursday afternoon.

Reports quoted police as saying that the German identified as Jens Kuhn died after falling 100 metres down while taking photographs.

Police said they are investigating the case.

Meanwhile, a man who had gone in the bush to cut down bamboo died due to electrocution on Friday, local media reported.

According to the District Police Office, Parsa, 35-year-old Rupan Thkur Lohar of Kauwabankataiya-2 died after he received a fatal electric shock while cutting bamboo that was touching a live electric cable. Nepalnews.com