British chopper crashes in Basra
May 06, 2006
A BRITISH military helicopter crashed and caught fire in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today, police said.
Firefighters said they had seen four charred bodies inside the wreckage.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash but one policeman at the scene in central Basra said the aircraft had been fired on.
A British military spokesman in Basra said : "We can't confirm anything at this point but we all agree that an incident has happened."
A large crowd gathered at the scene of the crash and began throwing stones and yelling at British troops who cordoned off the area, witnesses said.
The helicopter crashed into a building near the provincial governor's office but there were no casualties on the ground, police said.
Basra, Iraq's second largest city, is 550km south of Baghdad.
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A BRITISH military helicopter crashed and caught fire in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today, police said.
Firefighters said they had seen four charred bodies inside the wreckage.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash but one policeman at the scene in central Basra said the aircraft had been fired on.
A British military spokesman in Basra said : "We can't confirm anything at this point but we all agree that an incident has happened."
A large crowd gathered at the scene of the crash and began throwing stones and yelling at British troops who cordoned off the area, witnesses said.
The helicopter crashed into a building near the provincial governor's office but there were no casualties on the ground, police said.
Basra, Iraq's second largest city, is 550km south of Baghdad.
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