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Yemeni military copter crashes, killing 10

A Yemeni military helicopter has crashed in the country’s northern Sa’ada region, killing 10 soldiers.

The aircraft went down at the Kahlan Mountain, east of the provincial capital Sa’ada on Sunday, witnesses were quoted by AFP as saying.

“The 10 soldiers are believed to be killed,” said one official who claimed that technical malfunctions had caused the accident, Reuters reported.

Sources told AFP that among the fatalities were the captain of the helicopter, Lieutenant Colonel Sadek al-Junaid.

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