Three dead in AU helicopter crash in Somali capital: police

The wreckage of a police helicopter which crashed on a farm in Ciomburu, Imenti North in Meru County on June 13, 2020. [File, standard]

An African Union helicopter crashed Wednesday at the airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least three people, police and witnesses told AFP.

The aircraft was part of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), tasked with fighting the Al-Shabaab militant group.