14 trapped in Altay village rescued, seven still missing

Fourteen of the 21 people trapped for a month in a remote mountainous village of Altay, a city of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in the wake of continuous snowstorms were rescued yesterday.

A search is on for the other seven .

The 21 people, believed to be illegal gold diggers, were trapped in the village, some 120 km from Altay, after a major snowstorm hit the region.