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Kashmiris force way on copters
Associated Press
Published January 7, 2006
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Dozens of quake survivors forced their way onto two U.N. helicopters involved in the relief effort and demanded to be taken out of a Kashmir village Friday, a U.N. official said.
The Associated Press, citing unidentified aid workers, reported that about 50 villagers forced their way onto two U.N. helicopters after they landed in the village of Bana Mula, about 85 miles southeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
The helicopters took off with the villagers on board and landed safely at their destinations in Muzaffarabad and the city of Abbotabad, said the aid workers. The villagers fled after the choppers landed, they said.
"I presume they were coming down from the mountains and basically wanted out. It's very cold there," said Larry Hollingworth, the U.N. deputy humanitarian coordinator. He said that the "regrettable incident" was being investigated and that the United Nations was in touch with authorities.
The quake killed about 87,000 people and left 3.5-million others homeless.
[Last modified January 7, 2006, 01:25:29]
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