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Four Ukrainians on UN helicopter seized by militants in Somalia

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Al Shabaab militants guard their territories within Somalia. [File, Standard]

Four Ukrainians were on a United Nations helicopter seized by al-Shabab militants in central Somalia this week, Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Friday.

The U.N.-contracted chopper with nine aboard was conducting a medical evacuation when a technical problem forced it to land near Hindhere village, an area controlled by the Islamist group.

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