Last four of six hikers missing in the mountains rescued

Safe and sound: Fink (centre) being led by a volunteer after he was rescued with three other hikers in Amlan, Negros Oriental. — AFP

Four foreign hikers who had been missing for days in a mountainous area of the central region have been rescued, local authorities said, a day after their two companions were found safe.

The six-man group, which inclu­ded German, British, Russian and Canadian nationals, had set out on Wednesday for what was to be a four-hour excursion in an area of Negros Oriental province officials said was hit by a downpour.