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Military plane crashes in northern Nigeria, killing seven

Abuja: A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed into a house in the northern city of Kaduna on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, a military spokesman said.

The air force said the Dornier-228 aircraft crashed into a house shortly after taking off from Kaduna Military Airfield around 06:45 (0545 GMT). Nobody on the ground was hurt.

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