VIDEO: Kenya Air Force Chopper Crashes in Machakos

A Kenya Air Force aircraft has crashed at Kanyonga in Masinga, Machakos County.

In a video that has been shared by former State House employee Dennis Itumbi on his official twitter handle, casualties are said to have been reported by eyewitnesses.

Reports however, indicate that two military officers have died in the crash.

The video shows people, among them law enforcement officers crowded around the crashed aircraft.

Information on where the craft was heading is also still unclear. The cause of the crash is also not known until now, but investigations have already been launched.

This comes just a month after another police chopper crashed in Meru County, leaving at least six people injured.

Police Spokesman Charles Owino said the chopper was carrying security personnel from Eastern, who were heading to Sololo in Marsabit for a security meeting.

The chopper crashed-landed on a banana plantation narrowly missing two houses.

Locals helped remove the passengers from the chopper.The injured passengers were rushed to Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital.

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