Monday, June 11, 2012

KENYA HELICOPTER CRASH (Security Minister George Saitoti killed) ....PICS

A policeman secures the scene of a helicopter crash at a forest in the Kibiko area of Ngong township, on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 10, 2012. Kenya's minister for internal security George Saitoti and his deputy were killed when a police helicopter crashed into a forest just outside the capital, the government said on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.











Kenyan forensic experts collect evidence at the site of a police helicopter crash near a charred body on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.







EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT Kenyan officials inspect the area of the helicopter wreckage after it crashed in Ngong forest, on the outskirts of Nairobi,Kenya, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Kenyan police say Sunday June 10, 2012, cabinet minister George Saitoti, who once served as Kenya's vice president, was one of seven people killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Nairobi.







Kenyan forensic experts collect evidence at the site of a police helicopter crash near a charred body on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.







Kenyan police officers evecuate the remains of a victim at the site of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.








Relatives react as they arrive at the site of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security MinisterGeorge Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia.







A Kenyan policeman stands next to a charred body after a police helicopter crash on June 10,2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.







Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga (C) looks at the wreckage of a police helicopter after it crashed at a forest in the Kibiko area of Ngong township, on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 10, 2012. Kenya's internal security minister, who was closely involved in the fight against Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed when the police helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a forest on Sunday. George Saitoti, his deputy Orwa Ojode, two pilots and two bodyguards were killed when the aircraft came down outside the capital Nairobi and burst into flames, the government said. Prime Minister Odinga said investigations into the cause of the crash had started and that the cabinet would hold a special session on the incident.





Kenyan officials inspect the area of the helicopter wreckage after it crashed in Ngong forest, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Kenyan police say Sunday June 10, 2012, cabinet minister George Saitoti, who once served as Kenya's vice president, was one of seven people killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Nairobi.






Kenya Red Cross personnel retrieve bodies in the area of the helicopter wreckage after it crashed in Ngong forest, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Kenyan police say Sunday June 10, 2012, cabinet minister George Saitoti, who once served as Kenya's vice president, was one of seven people killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Nairobi.






Relatives of victims mourn at the scene of a helicopter crash, at a forest in the Kibiko area of Ngong township, on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 10, 2012. Kenya's minister for internal security George Saitoti and his deputy were killed when a police helicopter crashed into a forest just outside the capital, the government said on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. More people were feared to have been on board the helicopter.







Margaret Saitoti, the wife of Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, mourns at the scene of a helicopter crash at a forest in the Kibiko area of Ngong township, on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 10, 2012. Saitoti, his deputy Orwa Ojode, two pilots and two bodyguards were killed when the police helicopter he was travelling in, came down outside the capital Nairobi and burst into flames, the government said. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said investigations into the cause of the crash had started and that the cabinet would hold a special session on the incident.







A relative reacts as the site of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi.Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia.





Relatives react as they arrive at the site of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security MinisterGeorge Saitoti was killed Sunday along with five others in a police helicopter crash near Nairobi, officials said.





Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga, center in orange, visits the area of the helicopter wreckage after it crashed in Ngong forest, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, June 10, 2012.







Kenyan Red Cross workers evacuate the body of a victim of a police helicopter crash on June 10, 2012 in front of a charred body in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. 





A Kenyan woman cries after looking at the wreckage of a police helicopter, that crashed in Ngong Forest, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Kenyan police said cabinet minister George Saitoti, who once served as Kenya's vice president, was one of seven people killed in the helicopter crash on the outskirts of Nairobi.







Kenyan policemen secure the scene of a police helicopter crash June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.







Rescuers stand next to the tail of a police helicopter that crashed on June 10, 2012 in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. Kenya's Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on June 10 along with five others in the crash. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents in neighboring Somalia. He was killed along with Joshua Orwa Ojonde, the assistant minister for internal security, the two pilots -- including a woman -- and two bodyguards when the Eurocopter came down in the Kibuku forest shortly after taking off from Nairobi's Wilson airport.

































































































































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KENYANS LET US JOIN HANDS IN PRAYER FOR OUR NATION. THIS IS SO DISTURBING.

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