Aziz Zinat 36, Sam Harris 35, UK Nationals, last known to be Walking in the Dolomites, Italy, 1 Jan 2025

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Fears for two Brits missing in Italian mountains: Urgent appeal to help find Crystal Palace charity worker, 36, and friend, 35, who vanished during hike near Lake Garda.​

Two British men have been missing in Italy for nearly a week after a hike in the mountains.

Aziz Ziriat, 36, and his friend Sam Harris, 35, both from London, were hiking in the Dolomites mountains in northeastern Italy on January 1, but they haven't been seen or heard from since.
Ziriat, who works for Crystal Palace's foundation Palace for Life, and Harris missed their return flight to Britain on January 6.
Crystal Palace has launched an urgent appeal to find their employee and his friend, sharing that their 'last known location is believed to be near a hut called Casina Dosson which is near the town Tione Di Trento, near Riva del Garda, on Lake Garda'.
Both sent home messages from the Trentino region until midday on January 1, but they failed to board their return flight.
The club also shared a map with routes the two hikers could have taken.

Fears for two Brits missing in Italian mountains

Aziz Ziriat, 36, and his friend Sam Harris, 35, were hiking in the Dolomites mountains in northeastern Italy on January 1, but they haven't been seen or heard from since.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[StillDiggin]

This does look good, no packs.

Clip shows missing Brits preparing to scale mountains

EXCLUSIVE: An urgent search is underway for Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, who were last heard from on New Year's Day whilst on a hiking trip in the Dolomites.

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Two British men missing for nearly a week in Dolomites in northern Italy

Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, were last heard from on 1 January during a hiking trip in the Dolomites.

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Friends and family ‘waiting anxiously’ on news of Britons missing in Dolomites

Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.

www.gazetteandherald.co.uk

Joe Stone, a university friend of Mr Ziriat, told the PA news agency the pair were “experienced hikers” who liked to go off the grid, but “alarm bells were raised” when they failed to check in for their return flight.

He said: “They are experienced hikers and they go a couple of times a year. It wasn’t surprising that they had no signal as they like going off the grid. Alarm bells were raised though when they didn’t turn up for their flight on January

Search continues for two London hikers missing in the Dolomites since New Year’s Day

A search operation is under way for two British hikers who haven’t been heard from since New Year’s Day.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

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Sadly one body has now been found in the search for these gentlemen. I hope the other one maybe went for help and found shelter somewhere, but I imagine it's only a matter of time until they find him too. A very sad outcome.

Missing Dolomites hikers: Body found believed to be Samuel Harris

Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, had not been heard from since 1 January.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Rescuers searching Dolomites for missing Brit hiker 'find his glasses'

Aziz Ziritat, 36, and his friend Samuel Harris, 35, both from London, were hiking in the Dolomites in northern Italy but they had not been heard from since 2.20pm on New Year's Day.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Aziz Ziriat: Hiker's family 'devastated' as items found in Dolomites

Aziz Ziriat's family say they are devastated as his phone case is found by search teams in the Dolomites.

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Aziz Ziriat: Hiker's family 'devastated' as items found in Dolomites

Aziz Ziriat's family say they are devastated as his phone case is found by search teams in the Dolomites.

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On Wednesday, rescue teams announced they had found a body, believed to be that of Mr Harris, in the Passo di Conca area, buried under snow.

On Saturday, the cover of Mr Ziriat's mobile phone and a card were found not far from where Mr Harris's body was found.

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The pair's last known location had been a mountain hut called Casina Dosson, close to the town of Tione Di Trento, near Riva Del Garda on Lake Garda.

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