Four killed in military helicopter crash in southern Philippines


MANILA (Xinhua): Four people were killed after a military helicopter crashed on Wednesday (Sept 16) afternoon in Basilan, an island province in the southern Philippines, the military said.

Lieutenant Colonel Alaric Delos Santos, spokesperson of the military's Western Mindanao Command, confirmed the accident, saying it involved a Philippine Air Force search and rescue aircraft.

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