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Chinese national rescued alive from Nepal tunnel: army to AFP

Published: 05 Sep 2026 - 11:40 am | Last Updated: 05 Sep 2026 - 11:42 am
This handout photograph taken and released on September 5, 2026 via the Facebook page of Nepal Army shows security personnel carrying a Chinese national (2R) rescued from the Audit Tunnel 4 of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project site in Nepal's Rasuwa district. (Photo by Handout / Nepal Army Facebook Page / AFP)

This handout photograph taken and released on September 5, 2026 via the Facebook page of Nepal Army shows security personnel carrying a Chinese national (2R) rescued from the Audit Tunnel 4 of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project site in Nepal's Rasuwa district. (Photo by Handout / Nepal Army Facebook Page / AFP)

AFP

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Chinese national was pulled alive Saturday from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal after catastrophic flooding more than nine days ago, an army spokesman told AFP.

"A Chinese national has been rescued just now from a tunnel in the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project," said Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet.