3 US soldiers injured

Published April 20, 2003

QUETTA, April 19: Three American soldiers were injured when a United States military helicopter was struck by ground fire while on a reconnaissance flight in Balochistan on Friday, security officials told AFP.

The incident occurred in the Loti mountains, 450km south of here on Friday evening, they said.

The helicopter returned to Shahbaz air base at Jacobabad.

A number of Pakistani military personnel were also aboard the helicopter, but none was hurt.—AFP

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