Four monks die in car accident, bodies recovered

Bhutan's Daily Newspaper - Kuensel - 17/01
Sarpang—Kinley Penjor tightens his robe around his waist as he prepares to descend the cliff where the wreckage of his four teachers and their car lies more than 300 metres below. Joining the search and rescue team on the afternoon of January 14, Kinley Penjor  said he cannot leave without retrieving the bodies of his former teachers, who lost their lives in the car accident.

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Sarpang—Kinley Penjor tightens his robe around his waist as he prepares to descend the cliff where the wreckage of his four teachers and their car lies more than 300 metres below. Joining the search and rescue team on the afternoon of January 14, Kinley Penjor  said he cannot leave without retrieving the bodies of his former teachers, who lost their lives in the car accident.

“It is a big loss. They were all good teachers who cared their students,” he said recalling how one...
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