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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
12 soldiers dead as Saudi helicopter goes down in Yemen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTwelve Saudi soldiers, including four officers, are killed when their helicopter went down in Yemen, the Arab coalition fighting Yemeni rebels said in a statement.
The Saudi Black Hawk “fell during operations in the province of Marib” east of Sanaa, the coalition says in a statement carried by SPA state news agency, without specifying the reason.
“The causes of the incident are being investigated,” the statement adds.
Coalition spokesman General Ahmed Assiri tells AFP it was “too early” to comment on the causes of the crash, which is one of the deadliest incidents involving coalition forces in Yemen.
The rebel-controlled Saba news agency says a helicopter crashed east of the provincial capital Marib without giving further details.
— AFP
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