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From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 11, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 11, 2019
Four dead after military helicopter crashes in Istanbul
Four soldiers were killed after a Turkish military helicopter crashed in a residential area of Istanbul, the province’s governor says.
“Unfortunately four of our soldiers became martyrs,” Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya tells reporters at the scene.
Yerlikaya says no other military personnel or civilian had been injured after the helicopter plowed to the ground in the Cekmekoy district.
The incident happened around 6:51 p.m. (1551 GMT), he says in televised comments.
Images on Turkish television earlier showed thick black smoke emanating from behind a white wall at the site on the Asian side of Istanbul.
Yerlikaya says the Istanbul public prosecutor had launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.
— AFP
