At least three people were killed after a helicopter conducting a medical evacuation crashed overnight in southeastern Libya, according to state media reports on Tuesday.
The Libyan News Agency (LANA) said the helicopter went down near the Matan al-Sarra airbase in the Kufra region, approximately 60 kilometres north of the Libyan border with Chad.
Those killed were identified as a medic and two crew members on board the aircraft.
According to the report, the helicopter had been dispatched to evacuate a soldier who was injured in a road accident in a remote desert area.
It remains unclear whether the injured soldier survived the incident.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and authorities have not yet provided details on whether technical failure or weather conditions may have contributed to the accident.
Libyan media reports indicated that two of the victims were foreign nationals, though this information had not been officially confirmed.
The Matan al-Sarra airbase is located in territory controlled by Libya’s eastern administration, led by military commander Khalifa Haftar.
Libya remains politically divided between rival governments in the east and west.
The western, United Nations-backed administration is headed by Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah, while eastern authorities operate separate political and military structures.
The country has experienced prolonged instability since the 2011 uprising that led to the fall and death of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, with ongoing security challenges continuing to affect infrastructure and emergency operations across the region.
