AZERBAIJAN SHOOTS DOWN ARMENIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER: BAKU
Agence France Presse
November 12, 2014 Wednesday 1:54 PM GMT
BAKU, Nov 12 2014
Azerbaijani forces on Wednesday shot down an Armenian military
helicopter, the defence ministry in Baku said, in a dramatic flare-up
in the arch-foes’ longstanding conflict over Nagorny Karabakh.
The downing marks the most serious military incident along the Karabakh
frontier since the 1994 ceasefire that ended a bloody conflict over
the disputed region.
“On November 12 a MI-24 combat helicopter attempted to attack positions
of the Azerbaijani army near (Karabakh’s) Agdam district,” Azerbaijan’s
defence ministry said in a statement.
“The helicopter has been shot down by Azerbaijani army,” it said,
adding that the debris fell on Karabakh territory.
Armenian media said three crew members had died.
Separatist authorities in Karabakh said a firefight began after the
incident and was continuing.
The separatist defence ministry in Karabakh confirmed that their
helicopter was downed by Azerbaijani forces “while conducting a
training flight as part of military drills.”
“The enemy continues to intensively fire in the direction of the
incident’s site with different caliber small arms,” it said.
Azerbaijan considers Karabakh to be illegally occupied by Armenians
ever since separatist authorities backed by Yerevan seized control
of the region in fighting that left an estimated 30,000 dead.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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