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| | Tuesday, 20 August, 2002, 04:47 GMT 05:47 UK Inquiry as climber falls to his death  The man was part of a climbing party on Iona An investigation has been launched after a climber fell 100ft to his death on the remote Scottish island of Iona. The man, who has not yet been named, was believed to have been a member of a climbing party on the island, off the coast of Mull. The alarm was raised at around 1900 BST on Monday near an area known as Spouting Cave, Strathclyde Police said.
No details of the climber were being released by police until relatives had been informed. There were not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. | | See also:  01 Apr 02 | Scotland 18 Mar 02 | Wales 16 Mar 02 | Scotland 10 Mar 02 | Scotland 04 Mar 02 | Scotland Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Scotland stories now: Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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