Malian army helicopter crashes in residential area of Bamako

Malian army helicopter crashes in residential area of Bamako

BAMAKO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- An attack helicopter from the Malian Armed Forces, returning from an operational mission, crashed Saturday in a residential area of

Malian army helicopter crashes in residential area of Bamako

BAMAKO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- An attack helicopter from the Malian Armed Forces, returning from an operational mission, crashed Saturday in a residential area of Bamako, the capital of Mali. Read full story

A helicopter from the Malian Armed Forces returning from an anti-jihadist mission crashed today in a residential area of the capital Bamako, announced the General Staff of the Armed Forces of that country. The accident occurred today after an ambush, which targeted a Malian army supply mission in the north of the country. “Around 13:10, an attack helicopter from the Malian armed forces, returning from an operational mission, crashed in a reside…

“The aircraft was returning from the Mauritanian border, where it had intervened against Jihadists,” a military source said.