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THREE DEAD AS AZERBAIJAN SHOOTS DOWN HELICOPTER FROM BREAKAWAY REGION
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
November 12, 2014 Wednesday 3:06 PM EST
Moscow
DPA POLITICS Azerbaijan Armenia conflict Three dead as Azerbaijan
shoots down helicopter from breakaway region Moscow Three were reported
dead after Azerbaijani armed forces on Wednesday shot down a helicopter
from the unrecognized breakaway republic of Nagorny-Karabakh, according
to Armenian media.
Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that "an enemy helicopter" was
shot down after attacking Azeri forces along the ceasefire line. It
did not immediately report casualty figures.
The Armenian Defence Ministry said that the MI-24 helicopter gunship
belonged to the air force of Nagorny Karabakh. Ministry spokesman
Artsrun Ovannisyan said that the aircraft was on a training flight
and unarmed, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
The incident is likely to further raise tensions around
Nagorny-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated region which broke away from
Azerbaijan after a bloody conflict in the early 1990s.
Dozens of soldiers have been killed this year in an alarming summer
surge in fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the
south Caucasus region.
From: Baghdasarian
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
November 12, 2014 Wednesday 3:06 PM EST
Moscow
DPA POLITICS Azerbaijan Armenia conflict Three dead as Azerbaijan
shoots down helicopter from breakaway region Moscow Three were reported
dead after Azerbaijani armed forces on Wednesday shot down a helicopter
from the unrecognized breakaway republic of Nagorny-Karabakh, according
to Armenian media.
Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that "an enemy helicopter" was
shot down after attacking Azeri forces along the ceasefire line. It
did not immediately report casualty figures.
The Armenian Defence Ministry said that the MI-24 helicopter gunship
belonged to the air force of Nagorny Karabakh. Ministry spokesman
Artsrun Ovannisyan said that the aircraft was on a training flight
and unarmed, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
The incident is likely to further raise tensions around
Nagorny-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated region which broke away from
Azerbaijan after a bloody conflict in the early 1990s.
Dozens of soldiers have been killed this year in an alarming summer
surge in fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the
south Caucasus region.
From: Baghdasarian