Russian UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev has expressed his condolences following the crash of an AZAL Airlines passenger plane.
The 30-year-old athlete shared a post on his social media, saying: "May Allah grant patience. May God bless the injured with healing through His mercy," Idman.biz reports.
The AZAL passenger plane en route from the Baku-Grozny flight crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25. Of the 67 people on board, 38 died, and 29 survived.
President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree declaring a day of national mourning following the tragic loss of life.
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