Prizren, Kosovo - Credit: Dm107650 [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons

As avalanche death tolls continue to rise around the world, there is a report out of Kosovo that one their Vice Ministers was killed in an avalanche this past Saturday, Jan. 26.

Arian Daci, Deputy Minister Of Disapora, was skiing at the Brezovica Resort in the south of Kosovo when he and a friend were the victims of an avalanche. Daci was killed in this avalanche. His friend was only injured.

Reports from officials in Kosovo have said that the pair were skiing out of bounds and were hit by two avalanches.

Kosovo's prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, took to social media to offers condolences to the family of the killed official.