UN Probe Shows South Sudan Helicopter Was Shot Down

The U.N. Mission in South Sudan said Tuesday it has evidence that a U.N. helicopter that crashed near Bentiu last month was shot down. UNMISS spokesman Joe Contreras told VOA it is still too early to "apportion blame for the attack on the helicopter," which claimed the lives of three Russian crewmembers and seriously injured a fourth. “A more in-depth technical investigation is under way and the United Nations will set up an independent board of inquiry to look into the...

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