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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian police say three Ukrainian citizens have been killed in a rafting accident in central Norway.

Police spokeswoman Ann-Karin Sundgarden says the Ukrainians fell out of their raft in the river Sjoa, north of Lillehammer in central Norway on Saturday.

She says it is unclear of what caused the accident.

The three were part of a larger group of 13 people that were rafting in the area.

Sundgarden said Norwegian rivers are running very high.