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| Crash kills Chile's police chief | Crash kills Chile's police chief |
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| Chile's national police chief has been killed along with at least seven other people in a helicopter crash while visiting Panama for a conference. | |
| Gen Jose Alejandro Bernales and three other Chilean police officials were among those killed when the aircraft hit a building in Panama City. | Gen Jose Alejandro Bernales and three other Chilean police officials were among those killed when the aircraft hit a building in Panama City. |
| It is unclear if anyone was hurt in the building, thought to be a warehouse. | It is unclear if anyone was hurt in the building, thought to be a warehouse. |
| Chile decreed three days of national mourning and President Michelle Bachelet cut short a regional visit. | Chile decreed three days of national mourning and President Michelle Bachelet cut short a regional visit. |
| The cause of the crash is not yet known. | The cause of the crash is not yet known. |
| The dead were named as Gen Bernales and his wife Teresa Bianchini, police commander Oscar Tapia and his wife Carolina Reyes, police commander Ricardo Orozco and police Capt Mauricio Fuenzalida. | The dead were named as Gen Bernales and his wife Teresa Bianchini, police commander Oscar Tapia and his wife Carolina Reyes, police commander Ricardo Orozco and police Capt Mauricio Fuenzalida. |
| At least two Chilean officials travelling with them were also killed. | |
| There was no information about the crew of the helicopter. |