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Ecuador intel chief, five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash
Ecuador's intelligence chief and five US citizens died when a tourist helicopter crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, officials said. A US State Department spokesperson said that five American citizens died in the crash, without providing their identities. The accident occurred in Samburu County, north of Nairobi, "at the foot of Mount Ololokwe," a sacred Samburu mountain and popular hiking spot.