Major operation
Rescue workers advise what to do when searching an old mine

A missing man is being sought in the Erzgebirge. (Symbolic image) photo
© Bodo Schackow/dpa
A backpack and a bicycle lie in front of a disused tunnel in the Ore Mountains. The owner cannot be found. Since then there has been a feverish search for the man.
A backpack and a bicycle belonging to a 34-year-old were found in front of a disused tunnel near Annaberg-Buchholz. The tunnel was found open. A large contingent of police and fire departments were on duty on Wednesday.
Since the owner of the items could not be reached by phone or at his usual place of residence, a search was underway for the man in the relatively large tunnel. “We assume that he could be there,” it said.