ISTANBUL – A military helicopter crashed in southeast Turkey, killing ninesoldiers and injuring four, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
The helicopter took off from the Bingol province at 1055 GMT, it said in astatement, adding that search operations were launched after it lostcontact at 1125 GMT.
It described the crash as accidental, but did not elaborate. The fourinjured soldiers were being taken to hospital, the ministry added.
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Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen and Yesim Dikmen; Editing by Dominic Evans
