Doha: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Wednesday the death of four US soldiers who went missing on Tuesday during a NATO military training exercise in Lithuania: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Wednesday the death of four US soldiers who went missing on Tuesday during a NATO military training exercise in Lithuania.

According to Qatar News Agency, speaking to reporters, Rutte stated that they received news of the death of four US soldiers in an incident in Lithuania, adding that details remain unavailable at this time. A statement from the Public Affairs Office of the US Army Europe and Africa Command in Wiesbaden, Germany, confirmed that the soldiers were conducting a scheduled tactical training exercise at the time.

The Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) reported that the four US soldiers and an American vehicle went missing on Tuesday afternoon during training in the Pabrade area, located less than 10 kilometers from the Belarusian border.