The first group of the Mali-bound Combat Convoy Company (CCC) of the Sri Lanka Army left Sri Lanka recently
According to Army media, the first contingent of 150 Army personnel, out of a total of 200, drawn from 10 Regiments will serve for a period of one year under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
The rest of the troops (50) will shortly fly there on the instructions of the Office of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali.
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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