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Azerbaijan downs Armenian helicopter | Azerbaijan downs Armenian helicopter |
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Azerbaijan's defence ministry says its forces have shot down an Armenian military helicopter violating its airspace. | Azerbaijan's defence ministry says its forces have shot down an Armenian military helicopter violating its airspace. |
Three crew members were killed in the incident, according to local reports. | |
The helicopter was flying in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, an enclave in western Azerbaijan controlled by ethnic Armenians. | The helicopter was flying in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, an enclave in western Azerbaijan controlled by ethnic Armenians. |
A regional conflict dating from the Soviet era ended in a ceasefire in 1994 but tensions have risen again recently. | A regional conflict dating from the Soviet era ended in a ceasefire in 1994 but tensions have risen again recently. |
Azerbaijan's defence ministry said the Mi-24 helicopter was downed close to the frontline between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops. | |
Separatist officials in Nagorno Karabakh confirmed the attack, saying it happened during a "training flight as part of military drills". | |
Tensions in the region stretch back decades. | |
A war broke out in 1988 during the twilight of Soviet rule over Azerbaijan, with Armenian secessionists fighting a bloody conflict against the country's army. | |
Under the eventual 1994 ceasefire deal, landlocked Nagorno Karabakh and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts were left under the control of ethnic Armenian forces. | |
Wednesday's incident was the first of its kind since the deal was signed. |
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