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    AZERBAIJAN SHOOTS DOWN ARMENIA HELICOPTER AT KARABAKH

    Deutsche Welle, Germany
    Nov 12 2014

    Armenia's defense ministry has accused Azerbaijan's armed forces
    of shooting down a military helicopter belonging to the separatist
    Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Ethnic Armenians control the enclave in
    Azerbaijan's border.

    Three people died, officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Wednesday.

    Azerbaijan confirmed the shooting down an Armenian military helicopter.

    "On November 12, an MI-24 combat helicopter attempted to attack
    positions of the Azerbaijani army near Agdam district," the defense
    ministry in Baku announced in a statement on Wednesday.

    "The helicopter has been shot down by Azerbaijani army," the ministry
    reported, adding that the debris fell on Karabakh territory.

    Azerbaijan considers Karabakh to be illegally occupied by Armenians
    ever since separatist authorities backed by Yerevan seized control
    of the region after six years of fighting that left an estimated
    30,000 dead.

    Recent surge in tensions

    The two factions had abided a ceasefire since 1994, but tensions
    between Armenia and Azerbaijan have risen in recent months, resulting
    in the deaths of dozens of Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers in the
    south Caucasus region.

    Separatist authorities in Karabakh said a firefight that began after
    the helicopter downing incident had continued.

    The territory's defense ministry reported that Azerbaijani forces had
    downed their helicopter "while (it was) conducting a training flight
    as part of military drills."

    The ministry added: "The enemy continues to intensively fire in the
    direction of the incident's site with different caliber small arms."

    http://www.dw.de/azerbaijan-shoots-down-armenia-helicopter-at-karabakh/a-18058953


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