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17 killed in Ethiopia military plane crash

A military plane crashed near Modjo town in central Ethiopia. GOOGLE MAP

By  ANDUALEM SISAY

Seventeen people died in Ethiopia Thursday morning following a military plane crash about 75km south-east of Addis Ababa.

The plane had departed from Dire Dawa town in the eastern part, according to the state-run Ethiopian News Agency.

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