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Russian Helicopter Goes Down In Chechnya


(RFE/RL) April 27, 2007 -- A Russian military helicopter carrying paratroopers has gone down in southern Chechnya killing 17 people.


Russian news agencies citing unidentified officials reported that Chechen rebels shot down the helicopter, which was carrying out an operation near the town of Shatoi in southern Chechnya.


According to the reports, the dead included three crew members and 14 soldiers.


(Interfax, ITAR-TASS, Reuters, AP)

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