More than 250 people, including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement, were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital, officials said. The cause of the crash was unclear, and an investigation has been opened, according to a Defense Ministry statement. Emergency services converged on the area near the Boufarik military base after the crash. "The plane was carrying soldiers," Mohammed Achour, chief spokesman for the civil protection agency, told The Associated Press.
More than 250 people, including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement, were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital, officials said. The cause of the crash was unclear, and an investigation has been opened, according to a Defense Ministry statement. Emergency services converged on the area near the Boufarik military base after the crash. "The plane was carrying soldiers," Mohammed Achour, chief spokesman for the civil protection agency, told The Associated Press.