
Kurdish rebels claim downing of Turkish military chopper: report
Friday, 2 June, 2017 , 15:03
Istanbul, June 2, 2017 (AFP) — Outlawed Kurdish rebels claimed on Friday that they had downed a military helicopter that crashed this week in southeastern Turkey, killing 13 soldiers, a news agency reported.
"A Cougar type helicopter of the invader Turkish army ... was shot down while it was on the move in the area of Senoba", the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said in a statement carried by the Firat news agency.