Yemen's Houthis say they shot down Saudi helicopter, pilots killed

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10:2229/11/2019, Friday
U: 29/11/2019, Friday
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FILE PHOTO: Houthi police forces are pictured on a street in Sanaa, Yemen November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Houthi police forces are pictured on a street in Sanaa, Yemen November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo


Yemen's Houthi movement said it shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter near the border with Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing its two pilots.

"A Saudi Apache helicopter was shot down by a surface-to-air missile... and its two pilots were killed as it was completely burned," the group's military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said in a Twitter post.

There was no immediate confirmation from a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the group for more than four years.


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