Bodies of 12 troops in Indonesia chopper crash found


A filepic of the M1-17 army helicopter that went missing with 12 people on board in Papua last year. Search teams in Indonesia on Friday (Feb 14) found the bodies of a dozen soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed eight months ago in the country's easternmost province of Papua where separatist rebels are active, officials said. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAYAPURA: Search teams in Indonesia on Friday (Feb 14) found the bodies of a dozen soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed eight months ago in the country's easternmost province of Papua where separatist rebels are active, officials said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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