Miriam Ziriat's brother Aziz and his friend Samuel Harris have been missing since January 1st. Italian authorities are searching for the two hikers who went missing in the Dolomites.
The sister of a British man missing in the Italian mountains since New Year's Day has said she is 'desperate' for news. Miriam Ziriat's brother Aziz, 36, and his friend Samuel Harris, 35, were hiking in the Dolomites mountains in northeastern Italy on January 1, but they haven't been seen or heard from since 2.20pm that day. Their family and friends got concerned when the two hikers missed their flights back to Britain on January 6 and alerted Italian authorities, who launched an urgent search.
In a video, which was yesterday shared with MailOnline, the 36-year-old detailed what feats they will be taking on in the coming days - with plans to climb the 3,000-metre mountains. His sister has now opened up about her worries. Miriam, also 36, told MailOnline: 'I'm just really, really concerned about them and just desperate to hear something about their whereabouts, just to hear that they're okay. It's just obviously very, very worrying. 'It's not unusual for us not to hear from him on these kind of trips. He has done these mountaineering trips and tracks before, but he is usually in a larger group - there are only two of them on this trip. 'But it's really concerning that it's been many days and they now missed their flight. We sort of understood that they might lose their phone or that their phone might run out of battery, but for them not to make their flight is a big concer
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