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Two dead in UN helicopter crash in Mali | |
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A Dutch UN helicopter has crashed near Gao in northern Mali, killing two people, reports say. | |
The cause of the crash is unclear. There has been no comment yet from the Dutch defence ministry. | |
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. |