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Blankets bearing the crest of Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense are placed on coffins

Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense were on board a plane that crashed in Colombia killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday.

Chapecoense had been flying in to face Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first leg of Wednesday's Copa Sudamericana final, South America’s equivalent of the Europa League.

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