07 Feb 2023
The flight engineer on a South African Air Force helicopter deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed after being hit with a single round, apparently from a sniper rifle.
News24 understands that Flight Sergeant Vusi Mabena was killed in the incident on the Oryx helicopter on Sunday afternoon.
He was sitting behind the pilot in command, Major Omolemo Matlapeng, who was apparently hit in the shoulder by the same bullet.
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