Greenfield Daily Reporter
Nov 22 2014

Nagorno-Karabakh says it killed 2 Azeri troops in operation to recover
helicopter crew bodies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

YEREVAN, Armenia — Nagorno-Karabakh says its forces have killed two
Azerbaijani soldiers in an operation to recover the bodies of three
helicopter crew members whose craft was shot down by Azerbaijan this
month.

The separatist region’s army revealed the overnight operation in a
statement Saturday.

The Azerbaijani region and some adjacent territory have been under the
control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian local troops since
the end of a six-year separatist war in 1994. Both sides report
frequent shootings and attempted incursions along the cease-fire line,
but a recent outbreak of fighting has been the worst in many years.

The Azerbaijani defense ministry denied there had any rescue
operation, Azerbaijani media reported.

The helicopter was shot down on Nov. 11 and fell inside the
demilitarized zone separating the two sides.