9 killed in military helicopter crash in Turkey

SANAA, March 04 (YPA) – A Turkish military helicopter crashed on Thursday in eastern Turkey, killing nine soldiers on board and injuring four others, the Defense Ministry announced in a statement.

the ministry affirmed that the Cougar type helicopter crashed in a rural area near the town of Tatvan, in the predominantly Kurdish-populated Bitlis province.

The ministry considered the incident as an accident, but it wasn’t immediately known what caused the crash.

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