Italian Military Helicopter Crash Near Brčko Kills Four and Injures 11

ANSA reported that the helicopter was taking part in a training operation connected with EUFOR Althea, the European Union mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Clarín reported that 15 people were aboard the aircraft when it crashed near Brčko.

The available reports differ in how they describe the people aboard. ANSA reported that two Red Cross operators were among the four people who died, alongside Army personnel. Clarín described the fatalities and injured as members of the EUFOR military force. The supplied reporting does not fully reconcile those descriptions.

The casualty figure developed as information emerged. La Repubblica initially reported three deaths and 12 injuries. Later reports gave the toll as four dead and 11 injured; Clarín reported that three people died in the crash and that a fourth later died in hospital.

The cause of the crash has not been established in the supplied reporting. ANSA reported that inquiries were ongoing, while Clarín said EUFOR had announced an investigation.

ANSA also reported that Sergio Mattarella, Giorgia Meloni and Guido Crosetto expressed grief and condolences after the crash. The reports supplied for this article do not establish the identities of the victims.