From IS shoots down Iraqi chopper, killing 1
The Islamic State jihadist group shot down an Iraqi military helicopter west of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least one person, officials said.
The helicopter — the second lost by Iraq in two days — went down near Amriyat al-Fallujah, though officials differed on the exact location.
An Iraqi army aviation captain said that the Bell helicopter was shot down with a Dushka heavy machine gun, killing one crew member and wounding a second, who was rescued by another helicopter.
Lieutenant Colonel Arif al-Janabi, the police chief for Amriyat al-Fallujah, said that IS shot the helicopter down, putting the death toll at two.
— AFP
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