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A helicopter shot down with 14 passengers on board , near 'Twibia' coasts.

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Sabrata, 27.10.2105 - (Lana) - Spokesman for the Libyan army chief of staff Colonel 'Ali Shiekhi' , said that a helicopter was shot down with 14 passengers on board , according to registered lists in M'etiga airport , near the coast of 'Twibia' area , east of Zawya city. Lana - reporter in Sabrata , quoted from colonel 'Shiekhi' as saying , the helicopter was downed due to heavy fire , and went down at two kilometers off 'al-Maya' shores. He pointed out , that among the passengers were , colonel 'Sa'ied Saqr' commander of western military region , 'Husain Abu-Daya' commander of western region operation room , 'Suhaib Ramah' field commander in 'Mohamed Kilani' battalion and others. Lana -reporter , confirmed that 10 bodies were recovered , and the search is still on to find the remaining bodies. =Lana-Sabrata=