4 U.S. Military troopers killed throughout train in Lithuania close to border with Belarus, NATO chief says

4 U.S. Military troopers have been killed throughout a coaching train in Lithuania, NATO Secretary Basic Mark Rutte stated Wednesday, talking with reporters in Poland. The U.S. embassy in Vilnius stated earlier in a press release posted on social media that the 4 troopers had gone lacking throughout coaching, and it thanked the Baltic nation’s army and police for serving to American forces seek for them. 

A U.S. official would say solely that the 4 troopers have been concerned in a coaching accident.

“The information got here out about 4 American troopers who have been killed in an incident in Lithuania,” Rutte instructed reporters in Warsaw. “That is nonetheless early information so we have no idea the main points. That is actually horrible information and our ideas are with the households and family members.” 

The U.S. embassy stated in its social media publish that the troops went lacking from a coaching space close to Pabrade, close to Lithuania’s far japanese border with Belarus, a nation carefully allied with Russia. The embassy didn’t say when the troopers went lacking.

“The troopers, all from 1st Brigade, third Infantry Division, have been conducting scheduled tactical coaching on the time of the incident,” the embassy’s assertion stated. 

Lithuanian information outlet Delfi stated the troopers went lacking together with a tracked automobile, which usually refers to a tank or armored personnel provider.