The ministry said two Spanish soldiers and two Germans were on the helicopter when it went down at around midday on Thursday, June 19. The ministry named the Spanish servicemen as Lieutenant Santiago Hormigo Ledesma, Sergeant Joaquin Lopez Moreno.
The identity of the two Germans has not been released.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, although the accident was witnessed by a second helicopter, according to Spanish officials.
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(Deutsche Welle)
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