Bodies of diplomats killed in helicopter crash reach Islamabad

May 09, 2015 14:37

The bodies of the victims of helicopter crash, including ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and wives of Indonesian and Malaysian envoys to Pakistan, were brought to Islamabad on Saturday from the site of accident.

MI-17 military helicopter carrying diplomats had caught fire yesterday as it crashed into a school in Natlar valley of Gilgit-Baltisitan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Two pilots of the army and one crew member were also killed in the crash.

State-run Pakistan TV showed that the bodies of seven victims were brought from Gilgit, capital of Gilgit-Baltistan, in three helicopters to Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi.

The injured were brought in C-130 aircraft and included Polish Ambassador Andrzej Ananicz and his wife, Dutch Ambassador Marcel de Vink and Malaysian High Commissioner.

It is reported that ambassador of Indonesia Burhan Muhammad is in a critical condition with 75 per cent burns.

Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, air chief Air Marshal Sohail Aman, senior civil and military officials, diplomats and relatives of victims were present to receive the bodies. Pakistan army soldiers carried the coffins wrapped in flags of respective countries while armed forces contingent offered salute.

Pakistan has announced today as day of mourning and national flag is flying at half mast.

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