# Australian officials apologize for mistaken update on missing hiker

https://mins.news/en/video/28262

- Reuters, 2026-08-21 10:08 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QnFZy6kf-U

> The New South Wales premier apologized for wrongly saying an 18-year-old missing hiker had been found alive. Her body was recovered more than a week after her disappearance from dense bushland in a remote national park near Sydney.

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