Another batch of the Mali-bound Combat Convoy Company (CCC) of the Sri Lanka Army left the island yesterday, Army said.The 18 member group left the country last evening to take up their roles in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA).
The initial group of 150 Army personnel, left for the UN Mission on 24th December, last year (2017). The Sri Lankan contingent of 200 Army personnel is drawn from 10 Regiments and will serve a period of one year under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The remaining members of the CCC are scheduled to leave the country shortly.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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