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Man discovers Germany's deepest cave, gets stuck in it

BERLIN: Over 100 emergency workers struggled on Tuesday to rescue an injured man trapped after a rock fall in a 1,000 metre-deep cave in southern Germany in an operation that could take days or weeks to bring him out.

The 52-year old man, one of the researchers who discovered the cave, suffered injuries to his head and chest in a rock fall early on Sunday and cannot climb back to the surface on his own as the ascent involves steep shafts and narrow tunnels.

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