UN peacekeeping helicopter crashes in C.Africa, 3 dead: UN force

Bangui: Three Senegalese crew were killed and a fourth was injured when a combat helicopter used by United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic crashed in the west of the country, the UN force said on Friday.
“It is with immense sorrow that I have learned of the crash of a Senegalese combat helicopter as it was landing at Bouar, leading to three deaths and one injured,” the head of the MINUSCA mission, Mankeur Ndiaye, said on Twitter.
The crash of the Russian-made helicopter was confirmed by the Senegalese army in a statement.
It was “returning from an operational mission” for MINUSCA when the accident occurred, it said.
On Thursday, MINUSCA carried out an attack on an armed group called 3R at Koui, in the northwest of the country, several officials in UN force told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Separately, the rebel group said late Thursday that its bases had been bombarded by UN forces.