Six killed as Qatari army copter crashes due to technical malfunction

A Qatari military helicopter has crashed in the Persian Gulf country’s waters, killing at least six people on board.

In a statement released on its X account on Sunday, the Qatari Defense Ministry said the chopper had crashed after suffering a “technical malfunction” during “routine duty”.

The country’s Interior Ministry also said that seven people were on board the helicopter and that operations continue to find the last missing person.

The incident came amid heightened tensions in West Asia caused by the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

Israel and the United States launched an unprovoked war on Iran on February 28, assassinating former Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several top commanders.

The onslaught has sparked Iran’s retaliatory strikes against locations in the Israeli occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region, including Qatar, which hosts the headquarters of the US military in West Asia.