Rescuers had to call off Tuesday their search for bodies in the wreckage of an indoor ice-skating rink in Germany amid fears that walls might collapse on emergency workers, reported Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA). Hubertus Andrae, chief of police in the Bavarian region, said a woman and three children aged 12 to 16 were still missing. At a news conference, he said rescuers had recovered 11 bodies, all of German people from the surrounding area, in the wreckage of the skating-and-pool complex, which collapsed Monday afternoon in the Alpine winter resort of Bad Reichenhall. County chief Georg Grabner said walls still standing had been distorted and were in acute danger of collapsing. A salvage company had been commissioned to remove the wooden roof beams of the complex one by one using a powerful crane. Fire chief Rudi Zeif said he was confident the search could then resume on Wednesday morning. "We are still hopeful that we can find people," he said. Rescuers said the chances that any of the four were still alive was low because of the freezing cold. --More 21 30 Local Time 18 30 GMT
