Three people were killed after nine people were caught up in an avalanche on a mountain in the Scottish Highlands today.
A major rescue operation involving helicopters was launched after the avalanche, on Buchaille Etive Mhor, near Glencoe.
Northern Constabulary said a total of nine people in at least two separate parties were involved in the incident.
A police spokesman said four people were taken to hospital, three of whom died and another suffered a shoulder injury.
The remaining five people involved in the avalanche were uninjured, said police.
