![]() ![]() ![]() Due to indications that the missing person could be in the Lütschine, employees of the maritime police were also called out. "Mountain specialists and other employees of the Bern canton police were deployed. Extensive search measures were immediately initiated for him." The Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland said it is aware of the case and is providing consular assistance to the Flannery family.īern Canton’s police force said in a statement Tuesday: "On Saturday, May 13, 2023, at around 4:45 p.m., the Bern cantonal police received a report that a man was missing in Lauterbrunnen. It has already raised over €60,000.Īccording to RTE, local police are providing support to the man's relatives and an investigation by the Regional Public Prosecutor's Office is under way in order to "clarify the events". The Irish man's family had already flown out to Switzerland to assist in the search before his body was recovered.Ī GoFundMe page has been set up by Flannery's twin, Jonathan, to raise funds to search for the body of the 26-year-old and to support his transfer home. READ MORE: Man seriously injured after being hit by bus in Waterford as gardai shut roadĪfter Flannery was reported missing on Saturday evening, an “extensive search” involving mountain specialists, search dogs and a maritime crew was launched. On Monday, Swiss police confirmed that the body of an 'Irish tourist' had been discovered yesterday evening in the Lütschine river, near Zweilütschinen, Buzz.ie reports. Justin Flannery, 26, from Bunninadden in Co Sligo, was last seen on Friday, May 12, in Lauterbrunnen, a village in the Swiss Alps around 66 kilometres south of Bern. The body of an Irish man reported missing while travelling in Switzerland has been recovered from a river following a two-day search. ![]()
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