Turkish spy plane shot down near Iraqi-Turkish border, says PKK
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(IraqiNews.com) The armed wing of the of the PKK announced on Tuesday shooting down a Turkish spy plane near the border with Iraq in the second incident in a week.
A spokesman for the PKK Bakhtiar Dogan in an interview with IraqiNews.com, “The PKK shot down, today, a spy plane in Metin area on the Iraqi-Turkey border,” pointing out that, “The plane was flying over the skies under the control of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party forces.”
Dogan added, “The plane, which was shot down, is Turkish-made aircraft.”