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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

South Africa: SA Contractor and Former Police Officer Killed in Uganda Crash

   Rest in peace, and condolences to the friends and family of Duncan.  The website below didn’t have a press release yet, and is pretty thin on info.  –Matt

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SA ex-cop killed in Uganda crash

The Times 

Published:Mar 11, 2009

A former special operations policeman from Pretoria was among 11 people killed in a plane crash in Uganda this week, Beeld newspaper reported today.

South Africa’s foreign affairs department has not been able to confirm reports that a South African was among the dead.

Beeld identified the man as Duncan Rykaart, a former special services policeman who had been working for a US-based landmine research company, Bancroft Global Development.

Beeld’s source was Bancroft programme director Rocky van Blerk.

Rykaart, who was married with two children aged 16 and 24, had returned from Iraq two months ago where he had worked for four-and-a-half years.

A Soviet-era transport plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday shortly after take-off, killing 11 people, international news agencies reported.

An underwater search for the remains of those killed was still under way.

Story Here

Bancroft Global Development Website 

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