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Four Czech citizens on a skiing holiday were killed in avalanches that occurred in Kyrgyzstan’s northern district of Ak-Suu over the weekend, according to the Issyk-Kul regional police department. Nineteen other Czechs survived the avalanches that struck in the mountains near the village of Jirgalang on February 25. The bodies of the deceased were recovered and brought to a morgue in the city of Karakol, Central Asia’s highest ski centre, Radio Azattyk reported. The tragedy happened two days after guest house owners in Karakol complained to local media that mild winters of the past two years w…

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