Kazakhstan's Defense Ministry says at least four soldiers drowned when four armored vehicles sank during a military exercise on the Caspian coast.
The ministry said in a statement that the accident occurred Friday as the nation's military forces were practicing a landing near the Caspian city of Aktau. During the exercise, four BTR-80 armored personnel carriers were swept by a high waves and sank.
It said four servicemen died, according to preliminary information.
Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov ordered a probe.
