BEIRUT (Reuters)
A Lebanese army helicopter made a forced landing after being hit by gunfire in south Lebanon on Thursday, a Lebanese security source said, adding that the pilot had been killed.
A security official said that the helicopter was conducting a training mission over the southern village of Sejoud when it came under fire and was forced to make an emergency landing.
"One officer was killed and several crew members wounded," an official said.
No other details were immediately available and it was not clear who had fired on the helicopter.
The army was expected to issue a statement, the security source said. The army deployed in the southern border region, along with a reinforced U.N. peacekeeping force, after Israel's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006.
The Telal Sejoud area lies some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Israeli border. |
