UN / MALI HELICOPTER CRASH

In a statement read by the United Nations spokesperson today in New York, the United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said he is “deeply saddened by the news of a helicopter crash” yesterday near Gao, northern Mali, claiming the lives of two German peacekeepers. UNIFEED /MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:11
• Production Date: 27 July 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS
• Geographic Subject: GERMANY; MALI
• MAMS Id: 1940660
• Parent Id: 1940660
• Alternate Title: unifeed170727b

Description

STORY: UN / MALI HELICOPTER CRASH
TRT: 1:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED /MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CHINESE /ARABIC /NATS

DATELINE: 27 JULY 2017, NEW YORK CITY /FILE

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“Mr. Lacroix said he is deeply saddened by the news of a helicopter crash yesterday near Tabankort, in Gao region in northern Mali. The crash claimed the lives of two German peacekeepers. The helicopter was conducting surveillance over Tabankort in the aftermath of violent clashes between the signatory armed groups, Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad and Plateforme, which erupted on 11 July. We join Mr. Lacroix in conveying our profound sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims and in expressing our condolences to the Government of Germany, and to the personnel of the UN Mission.”

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Storyline

In a statement read by the United Nations spokesperson today in New York, the United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said he is “deeply saddened by the news of a helicopter crash” yesterday near Gao, northern Mali, claiming the lives of two German peacekeepers.

The helicopter was conducting surveillance over Tabankort in the aftermath of violent clashes between the signatory armed groups, Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad and Plateforme, which erupted on 11 July.