4 Kazakh soldiers drown during military exercise

4 Kazakh soldiers drown during military exercise
# 18 September 2015 19:23 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Kazakhstan’s Defense Ministry says at least four soldiers drowned when four armored vehicles sank during a military exercise on the Caspian coast, APA reports quoting Associated Press.

The ministry said in a statement that the accident occurred Friday as the nation’s military forces were practicing a landing near the Caspian city of Aktau. During the exercise, four BTR-80 armored personnel carriers were swept by a high waves and sank.

It said four servicemen died, according to preliminary information.

Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov ordered a probe.

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