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Pakistani military plane crashes near garrison city, kills 17

Pakistani soldiers (L) stand guard near a damaged roof after a military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan July 30, 2019. REUTERS

A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble.

A statement from the Pakistani military said the aircraft was on a routine training flight when it crashed but there was no immediate word on the cause of the accident or the type of aircraft involved.

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