Italian EUFOR helicopter crash in Bosnia kills four

An Italian CH-47 Chinook helicopter operating with the European Union Force in Bosnia crashed during a routine training mission near Brčko on October 29, killing four people and injuring 11, EUFOR said. The mission said the injured were receiving medical treatment and an investigation was underway. The crash occurred in northern Bosnia, near Brčko. EUFOR said the aircraft was on a routine mission. The cause has not been established, and the mission said it would provide further information as it was verified. Brčko hospital spokesperson Salih Ibrahimbegovic said three people died at the crash site and a fourth later died in hospital. He said 12 people were initially brought to the hospital. EUFOR’s later toll was four dead and 11 injured. The hospital account describes the initial intake and subsequent death; the total injured reported by EUFOR is 11. Italy’s Defence Ministry identified the four people who died as two soldiers and two Red Cross volunteers. The reports did not provide further details about the injured. Earlier local accounts gave an interim toll of three deaths and 12 people receiving medical care, before the hospital spokesperson described the fourth death....