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More than 250 killed in Algerian military plane crash: state TV

An Algerian military plane is seen after crashing near an airport outside the capital Algiers, Algeria April 11, 2018 (Reuters)

More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said.

Television footage showed crowds gathering around the smoking and flaming wreckage near Boufarik airport southwest of Algiers. A line of white body bags could be seen on the ground next to what media said was a Russian Ilyushin transport plane.

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