Three Nepali nationals, three Russian crew members and four other foreign nationals have died in Mar. 3's UN helicopter crash in central Nepal, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Mar. 4.

The three Nepali nationals are staff members of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), said the report by quoting police source.

On Mar. 3, The UNMIN confirmed that the helicopter, which crashed in Ramechhap district late in the afternoon, was carrying seven UN personnel and three crew members.

The helicopter was returning to Kathmandu from a cantonment site of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) in Sindhuli district, some 80km east of capital Kathmandu when it lost contact with the UNMIN, said the Mission in a press release.

The UNMIN is monitoring the peace process in Nepal. In November 2006, the then Nepali government and CPN-M signed the Comprehensive Peace Accord, and CPN-M arms were confined in seven main cantonments and 21 satellite camps monitored by the United Nations.