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Iranians Pay Last Respects To President Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash

Wendy R.

Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest. Waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president, mourners set off from a central square in the northwestern city of Tabriz, where Raisi was headed when his helicopter crashed on Sunday. They walked behind a lorry carrying the coffins of Raisi and his seven aides. Their helicopter lost communications while it was on its way back to Tabriz after Raisi attended the inauguration of a joint dam…

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Tinubu Mourns Iranian President, Others Killed In Helicopter Crash

Wendy R.

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who died in a helicopter crash. Raisi and nine others On Sunday lost their lives after a helicopter conveying them crashed due to poor weather in the mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media confirmed Monday. On Sunday afternoon, rescue teams had begun searching for Raisi when the aircraft went missing. On Monday morning, relief workers located the missing helicopter and identified the president’s body…

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Kenyan Defence Chief And 9 Other Senior Officers Die In Helicopter Crash

Wendy R.

Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top officers died on Thursday, April 18, in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.   “Today at 2:20 pm, our nation suffered a tragic air accident… I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of General Francis Omondi Ogolla,” Ruto told reporters.   The president, who had convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council after news of the accident emerged, said nine other “gallant military personnel” on board were also killed while two survived.   He said the Kenya Air Force has dispatched…