January 25, 2014 04:47 pm | Updated May 13, 2016 12:20 pm IST
An army helicopter has crashed in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula amid conflicting reports about the cause.
The plane was destroyed after unidentified insurgents fired a rocket at it in northern Sinai, say local witnesses.
However, state—run newspaper al—Ahram reported online that the crash had been caused by a technical problem.
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