Three killed as UN helicopter goes down in South Sudan

Three crew members of a United Nations peacekeeping helicopter in South Sudan were killed on Tuesday when their aircraft crashed on a routine cargo flight, and a fourth crew member was being treated for injuries, the UN said. Russia’s Interfax news agency said “preliminary information” indicated that the helicopter, operated by a Russian firm, had been shot down as it flew over an area that has been a flashpoint during a civil conflict that is now more than eight months old.

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