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Kenya helicopter crash kills country's military chief | |
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President Ruto is seen with the chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla in this photo on 28 February | |
Kenya's military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president has announced. | |
Gen Ogolla was in the helicopter alongside eleven other military personnel. Only two people survived. | |
In a news conference, President William Ruto said it was a "tragic moment". | |
He had earlier convened an urgent meeting of the country's security council. | |
The helicopter came down in Kenya's Rift Valley, in the west of the country, and burst into flames, according to local media reports. | |
Rescue and recovery teams have been dispatched to the site of the crash. | Rescue and recovery teams have been dispatched to the site of the crash. |
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