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A military plane carrying over 200 people crashed in Algeria on Wednesday after taking off, media reports said.
Algeria’s state news agency says that a military plane has crashed near the military base of Boufarik in Algeria.
The Algerie Presse service agency said the Iliouchine-type plane was headed for Bechar in south-western Algeria.
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Emergency services have been dispatched to the site of the crash. No death toll was immediately available.
Boufarik is located in northern Algeria, near the Mediterranean sea, some 30 kilometres from the capital, Algiers.
(Further details awaited)
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