Three Polish soldiers die in Iraq helicopter crash

Three Polish soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq today.

Three Polish soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq today.

"Three soldiers died after engine failure forced a helicopter to make an emergency landing about 8 km from Kerbala," said Lieutenant-Colonel Artur Domanski, spokesman for the Polish-led multinational division in Iraq.

Four other soldiers were injured in the crash, Domanski said.

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