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NICOSIA, July 10: Cyprus’s army and air force commanders were killed early Wednesday when their helicopter crashed near Paphos in the southwest of the island, apparently while trying to make an emergency landing, authorities said.
National Guard chief Lieutenant General Evangelos Florakis, 59, and Air Force head Wing Commander Stelios Demenagas, 50, who were both seconded from the Greek armed forces, died with three other officers while on their way to observe a military exercise in the area.—AFP
