Algeria military plane crash: Death toll increases to 257
Updated On: 11 April, 2018 06:43 PM IST | PTI
The plane was said to be headed to the western Algerian city of Bechar
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The death toll in the military plane crash at Algeria's Boufarik has risen to 257 on Wednesday. The plane Ilyushin Il-76 was mostly carrying army soldiers when it went down shortly after taking off, as reported by the Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera further quoted a local Afghan media saying that 26 people on board were members of the Polisario Front, a separatist movement in West Sahara - a territory also claimed by Morocco.
The plane was said to be headed to the western Algerian city of Bechar.
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Earlier it was reported that 200 people had been killed in the incident.
The rescue operation is underway.
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