Pakistan army general and five others killed in helicopter crash

Rescue workers help villagers to evacuate them from flooded area caused by heavy rains, in Lasbella, a district in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province (AP)

A Pakistani army general and five other people have been killed after a helicopter crashed in the country’s flood-stricken south-west, officials said.

The aircraft had lost contact with the air-traffic control tower in Baluchistan province on Monday evening while flying on a relief mission in a flood-hit area in the south-west.