Two Killed in Police Helicopter Crash in Southern Turkey -Minister
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ANKARA (Reuters) – A police helicopter crashed in southern Turkey late on Saturday, killing 2 police officers and injuring one, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a post on social media platform X.
The helicopter took off from Hatay airport and was heading to Gaziantep airport, Yerlikaya said, adding that it lost contact at 10:29 p.m. (1949 GMT).
The helicopter crashed near Kartal village in Gaziantep’s Nurdagi district, Yerlikaya said, without commenting on the cause of the crash.
The injured personnel, a technician, is under treatment in hospital, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement.
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(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; Editing by William Mallard)
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