'Bulgarian National' Dies on Mount Elbrus

A mountaineer who died while climbing up Elbrus, in the Northern Caucasus, is a Bulgarian national, Russia's RIA Novosti agency reports.

His body was found earlier on Thursday by a group of climbers, at a height of 4900 m (the peak itself is at an altitude of 5642 m).

As many as 12 rescuers arrived at the scene, taking the body down to hand it over to forensics.

Bulgarian authorities have not yet confirmed the reports.