At least 4 Pakistan Army soldiers including two pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in the Minimarg area of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
According to the Pakist Army's statement, the helicopter crashed due to technical reasons during a casualty evacuation operation in the Minimarg area of Gilgit Baltistan, Geo News reported.
Both pilots -- Major M. Hussain and Co-Pilot Major Ayaz Hussain, Naik Inzimam Alam, and soldier Muhammad Farooq -- were killed in the crash, the army confirmed.
The military chopper was evacuating the corpse of a soldier Sepoy Abdul Qadeer to Combined Military Hospital located in Skardu when it crashed.
( With inputs from ANI )
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