'No Swede died in plane crash'

The Swedish consulate in Botswana has denied reports that their nationals were among the people who died when a private aircraft crashed soon after take-off in the Okavango Delta last Friday.

Swedish spokesperson, Abdool Rahim Khan, confirmed that someone had mixed up the two countries - Switzerland and Sweden - and said no Swedish was involved in the accident that claimed eight lives."The journalist who first wrote about the accident says now that the victims were actually from Switzerland," Khan said.

He added that the passenger list from the airline that tourists were flying with also confirmed that no Swedish national was on board the aircraft.Late Monday night, local and international media agencies reported that three Swedes were among the victims of a plane crash in Botswana.  At least eight foreigners were killed when their tourist plane crashed after take-off near an airstrip in north Botswana's Okavango Delta on Friday.

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