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A French soldier was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in the crash of a military helicopter near Abidjan, according to a French military source.
The French Gazelle helicopter crashed around 17H00 (local and GMT) in Modeste, a village located about ten kilometers east of the Ivorian economic capital, close to the coast, according to this source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
helicopter belongs to the French Forces in Ivory Coast (FFCI), which have a significant base near the airport of Abidjan, still according to this source.
It was unknown in the immediate cause of the accident
The FFCI have about 950 men, and constitute the main French base on the African Atlantic coast. This military base is used in particular in the framework of the operation Barkhane of fight against the jihadist groups in the Sahel.
On 14 October 2017, a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed into the sea near the Abidjan airport, killing four Moldovans and injuring four French and two Moldovans on board.
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