MILIĆ: DISTRICT HAS MADE ITS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO EUFOR

BRČKO, OCTOBER 29 /SRNA/ – Brčko Mayor Siniša Milić told SRNA this evening that, immediately after learning of the helicopter accident in the Gorice neighbourhood, the District made civil protection personnel and equipment, as well as firefighting units, available to EUFOR.

These teams, as he says, will secure the helicopter crash site overnight and prevent any potential fire involving the aircraft, he said. "Unfortunately, three members of the Italian EUFOR contingent lost their lives in this accident, while 12 were injured, one of them seriously. They are receiving medical treatment at the Brčko Health Centre," Milić stated. He said that he had personally seen the helicopter flying slowly and at a low altitude, and that some sounds suggested there might have been a problem. EUFOR earlier announced that an Italian military helicopter had crashed in the Brčko area today during a routine operation and that no civilians had been injured. The statement added that no civilian infrastructure, property or vehicles had been damaged in the accident.