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MOSCOW, April 27: Seventeen Russian servicemen died on Friday when their Mi-8 helicopter carrying paratroopers was shot down in Chechnya, Russian news agencies quoted military officials as saying.
The helicopter was shot down over the Caucasus mountains during a battle with Chechen rebels, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies said in their reports, quoting unnamed officials at the military’s regional headquarters in the North Caucasus.—AFP
