TRIPOLI\u00a0<\/span>– At least 12 people were killed when a helicopter crashed west of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, a security source said.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The helicopter may have been hit by gunfire before crashing in the coastal area, the source said. It had been carrying cash for a local bank on the way out and was returning with local residents to Tripoli.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least 12 killed in Libyan helicopter crash near Tripoli TRIPOLI\u00a0– At least 12 people were killed when a helicopter crashed west of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, a security source said. The helicopter may have been hit by gunfire before crashing in the coastal area, the source said. It had been carrying cash …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n