More than 100 killed in Algeria as plane crashes: Reports

Reports claim that at least 100 have died in Algeria on Wednesday after a military plane crashed outside the capital, Algiers. The plane, an Ilyushin Il-76, carrying over 100 military personnel, crashed near the Boufarik airbase. Reports added that the plane was heading to the western Algerian city of Bechar. Video footages and images, that show smoke billowing out of the crash site, have emerged.

Dozens reportedly killed after military plane crashes into a residential area in #Algeria pic.twitter.com/9F59j76kr9

— Press TV (@PressTV) April 11, 2018

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L'avion militaire était à destination de Béchar et s'est écrasé quelques minutes après son décollagehttps://t.co/Uxe6HUFi4X pic.twitter.com/LZpTKEDszH

— Algérie24 (@Alg24net) April 11, 2018