British hiker goes missing in Pyrenees

Toulouse, France: French police were Sunday searching for a 67 year old British hiker who has been missing in the Pyrenees for five days, prosecutors...

Toulouse, France: French police were Sunday searching for a 67-year-old British hiker who has been missing in the Pyrenees for five days, prosecutors said.

The retired doctor on holiday was last heard of near the ski resort of Guzet on Tuesday, the prosecutor's office in the southern town of Foix said.

At around 4 pm local time on Tuesday he had sent "a message to his family, saying he had fallen and was injured," it said.

Police have been sweeping the area with the help of sniffer dogs and a helicopter since Wednesday.