CAIRO (AFP) — Isang pagbulusok ng helicopter sa Sinai Peninsula ng Egypt na kinasasangkutan ng isang multi-national observer force ay pumatay sa walong katao nitong Huwebes - anim na Amerikano, isang French national at isang mamamayan ng Czech, sinabi ng puwersa.

“During a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nine members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) were involved in a helicopter crash,” sinabi nito sa isang pahayag sa kanyang website.

“We are deeply saddened to report that eight uniformed MFO members were killed; six US citizens, one French, and one Czech,” dagdag nito.

Isa pang Amerikano na miyembro ng puwersa ay nakaligtas at inilikas, dagdag ng MFO

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“An IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) helicopter carrying elite search and rescue soldiers... evacuated an injured American MFO peacekeeper to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment,” sinabi ng Israeli army.