Overview

• The carriage fell around 21:00 local time as 13 monks were returning from rituals at a mountain sacred site.
• Authorities suspect the supporting rope snapped and have opened an investigation.
• Seven monks died and several were injured, with two jumping clear and sustaining minor injuries.
• Four survivors were reported with serious injuries, according to police accounts cited by local media.
• Police said three of the dead were foreign nationals from Russia, Romania and India, and the Russian embassy confirmed the Russian fatality and offered consular assistance.