ISLAMABAD — The bodies of those killed in a Pakistani helicopter crash, including ambassadors from the Philippines and Norway and the wives of the ambassadors from Malaysia and Indonesia, arrived a military base Saturday near the capital, Islamabad.
State-run Pakistan Television showed Pakistani officials and the country’s army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif saluting the flag-draped coffins of the four foreigners, as well as the three crew members killed in Friday’s crash. Twelve people injured in the crash also arrived at the military base outside of Islamabad in a C-130 plane.
The dead were killed when a Pakistani army helicopter carrying them made a crash landing in the country’s north.
Pakistan says a technical failure caused the crash. The Pakistani Talban issued a statement claiming they had shot down the helicopter with an anti-aircraft missile, something the government later dismissed as an opportunistic attempt to take responsibility for such a high-profile incident.
Pakistan has declared Saturday a day of national mourning.
Manila Bulletin
