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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Military helicopter crashes - four dead
A military helicopter belonging to the EU peacekeeping mission has an accident in the former civil war country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The inmates all came from Italy. The exact process is still unclear.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina Four dead in military helicopter crash As of: October 30, 2026 • 12:05 a.m
A military helicopter belonging to the EU peacekeeping mission has an accident in the former civil war country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The inmates all came from Italy. The exact process is still unclear.
Four people died when an Italian military helicopter belonging to the EU peacekeeping force crashed in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Eleven other occupants of the helicopter were injured, as the EU mission (Eufor) announced in the evening.
According to the Italian government in Rome, all of the helicopter's occupants came from Italy. Most of them are soldiers. Two Red Cross members were among the fatalities.
According to the EU mission, the crash occurred in the afternoon near the village of Gorice in the Brčko area on the border with Croatia during a routine flight.
The exact course of events was initially unclear. The helicopter is a CH-47 Chinook, a large twin-rotor transport helicopter. Italian President Sergio Mattarella expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.
The EU mission has been monitoring the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the Bosnian war in 1995, since 2004 - and is intended to ensure security. Other goals include training the Bosnian armed forces and creating a safe environment for the country's development.
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, more than 30 years after the end of the war, there are still significant tensions between the Serb, Croat and Bosnian Muslim ethnic groups. There are tendencies, especially among the Bosnian Serbs, to secede or join Serbia.
More than a thousand soldiers are currently deployed, including from Germany. Italy has been leading the mission since the beginning of the year. The Italian ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarah Castellani, reported on the television channel Tg4 that the accident occurred immediately after takeoff.
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