27 killed as military plane crashes in Kazakhstan

[link to rt.com]

Twenty passengers and seven crew members have been killed in a military plane crash in Kazakhstan. Local military officials were on board the aircraft.

“On board the AN-72 aircraft were seven crew members and 20 soldiers, including the acting head of the Border Protection Department of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB) Turganbek Stambekov," reads the official statement.