Three days of mourning declared by armed forces over deadly helicopter crash

Greece's armed forces on Wednesday declared three days of mourning on the orders of Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over a helicopter crash earlier in the day that killed four army officers and injured one.

The Huey UH-1H went down north of the town of Elassona in northern Greece during what officials said was a routine border patrol flight.

The Greek president, Parliament's spokesman and the country's political leadership expressed their sadness and dismay over the incident.

"The nation and the people express their deepest anguish but also their sincere gratitude to the heroic officers who fell at the altar of defending our national security," President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in a statement.

"Today's loss of four officers of the Greek army in the line of duty is a great sadness to all of us," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said. "To their families I...