At Least 5 Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash

Date: 17 March 2023 - 21:41

News ID: ۱۱۳۴۹۸

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) – A helicopter crash in northern Iraq has killed at least five people, allegedly including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, according to statements from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism agency and the region’s president. The AS350 Eurocopter crashed in the district of Chamanke in Dohuk province in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday night, the counter-terrorism agency said in a statement posted on social media. At least five passengers were killed, said Lawk Ghafuri, spokesperson for the Kurdish region’s President Nechirvan Barzani.“The investigations are ongoing by security officials to determine the ownership of the helicopter,” Ghafuri said in a post on Twitter.