A Kenyan navy helicopter crashed within the west of the nation, killing 5 troopers inside on Thursday, a police supply mentioned.
Three different troopers on the helicopter have been injured and brought to hospital, the police supply mentioned, asking to not be named.
The helicopter got here down in Elgeyo-Marakwet county, the president’s spokesman mentioned, with out going into element on any casualties
“President William Ruto convened an pressing assembly of the Nationwide Safety Council at State Home Nairobi this night following a Kenya Defence Forces’ helicopter crash this afternoon,” Hussein Mohamed wrote on X.
An announcement concerning the crash could be issued quickly, authorities spokesperson Isaac Mwaura mentioned on social media.
Defence minister Aden Duale didn’t reply to Reuters’ calls to his phone.
Not less than ten troopers have been killed in June 2021 when their helicopter crashed whereas touchdown close to the capital Nairobi.
