Korean, Mexican tourists missing near Faroe Islands waterfall: police

A waterfall of the Faroe Islands / gettyimagesbank

COPENHAGEN — Two tourists from Korea and one from Mexico went missing a day apart last week in the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, all last seen near a waterfall, police said.

"In-depth searches have been conducted on land and at sea. The police have no other leads to follow," local police told AFP.

The two Korean women, Park Soo-jung and Park Soo-yeon, were last seen on Sept. 2 around 5:30 p.m., on the main island in the Danish autonomous territory.

Mobile phone data put their last location in the vicinity of Bosdalafossur, a waterfall that falls directly into the Atlantic Ocean, police wrote in a post on Facebook.

Mexican tourist Pedro Enrique Moreno Hentz, 68, was last seen the following morning, on Sept. 3. His phone was last registered near the waterfall around midday the same day.

His backpack was found the day after on another island in the archipelago.

Police provided no details or explanation of how it may have ended up there.

"Searches on land were suspended late Friday evening," police chief Michael Boolsen told AFP.

"We will continue to search if we get any new leads," he added.

"Bosdalafossur is not particularly dangerous in and of itself. But it is important to know that the terrain in the Faroe Islands is difficult, with high cliffs and sharp drops directly into the Atlantic," he said.

The weather in the region on Sept. 2 and 3 was fairly calm and clear, Boolsen said.

Four tourists have disappeared in the Faroe Islands in recent years.