All news on the topic: Alps tragedies

The cross-country skiers - three brothers, their cousin and uncle - reportedly fell asleep together after getting stranded on the Tete Blanche mountain in the Swiss Alps

Five skiers were found dead after sending a distress signal during a storm in the Swiss Alps. A sixth member of the group is still missing and may have fallen down a crevice

The group of six skiers, who ranged in age from 21 to 58, had left Zermatt, Switzerland on Saturday morning with the goal of reaching the town of Arolla, near the Matterhorn mountain

December 29 will mark 10 years since Michael Schumacher was involved in a skiing accident in the French Alps that left the legendary F1 driver with serious injuries

Abdalmasih H was arrested by French police officers after four children were stabbed at a playground in the French Alps. Witnesses described scenes of terror

A man has been hailed a hero on social media after hitting a knifeman and chasing after him during an attack at a playground in Annecy, in the French Alps, this morning

A 22-month-old child was among four children who were critically injured in a knife attack in the town of Annecy, France, earlier this morning. Two adults were also wounded

Syrian asylum-seeker Abdalmasih H, 31, allegedly screamed 'In the name of Jesus Christ' twice before stabbing several children in the French town of Annecy this morning

Six people - including two mountain guides - have now been confirmed dead in an avalanche at Contamines-Montjoie in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps

Alison Jane Dawson, 45, an endocrinologist from Ilkley in Yorkshire, was on a hiking trip with her husband and a tour guide on January 14 when an avalanche rocked the French Alps - and she suffocated beneath the snow, an inquest has found

The man reportedly fell 'several dozen metres' and took off into the air before impacting the ground at 'very high speed', causing several and injuries and a fatal heart attack