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12 killed in Indonesian army helicopter crash in Sulawesi

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-03-20 23:43
JAKARTA -- A helicopter with 13 military men on board crashed in Poso of Central Sulawesi province on Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and leaving one missing, Indonesian Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Berlin G said.

"12 have been found, all of them dead. Another is still missing," the spokesman told Xinhua by phone.

The chopper went down at 17:55 pm local time when it was conducting a routine task, Colonel I Made Sutia, spokesman of the military command in the province said.

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