Egyptian Patriarch, Others Die in Crash
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Egypt’s Patriarch of Alexandria, a top Greek Orthodox leader, was killed in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities said.
A military spokesman said rescuers had found seven bodies and were searching for 10 others.
Petros VII, 55, was on a pilgrimage to monasteries on Greece’s Mt. Athos when the helicopter went down 20 miles away for unknown reasons and sank in deep water.
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