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Military Helicopter Crashes In Turkey, 4 Soldiers Killed

by VOA News

   Turkish officials say a military helicopter has crashed in a
   residential neighborhood in Istanbul, killing four of the five soldiers
   on board. Authorities say the remaining soldier was taken to a
   hospital.

   Anadolu, the state news agency, says the helicopter was on a training
   flight Monday when it hit the roof of a building and crashed in between
   apartment blocks in Istanbul's Sancaktepe neighborhood, on the Asian
   side of the city.

   Governor Ali Yerlikaya told Anadolu that "an inspection into the cause
   of the incident has been started."