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Dutch UN helicopter crashes in Mali Two dead in UN helicopter crash in Mali
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Dutch UN helicopter crashes near Gao in northern Mali, with casualties reported A Dutch UN helicopter has crashed near Gao in northern Mali, killing two people, reports say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The cause of the crash is unclear. There has been no comment yet from the Dutch defence ministry.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The helicopter is from the UN's Minusma mission, charged with peacekeeping operations in Mali, which was overrun by Islamist fighters in 2012.
Minusma has about 11,000 personnel on the ground in Mali, of which more than 400 are Dutch.
The mission took over security duties from France in 2013, after France intervened to stop the Islamists' march.
Minusma has suffered regular attacks from militants: earlier this month, a rocket attack on a UN base in northern Mali killed three people.