Türkiye arrests suspect in killing of Russian Su-24 pilot

On March 31, the Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet" reported that the country's authorities had arrested a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot after his Su-24 fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish aircraft in November 2015.

The man suspected of killing the Russian pilot of the Su-24 that was shot down last year. (Photo: RT)

According to the Hurriyet newspaper, the subject was arrested along with 13 others at a restaurant in the city of Izmir on the Aegean coast. On November 24, 2015, the Russian Su-24 was shot down by an air-to-air missile launched from a Turkish F-16.

Ankara's justification for the downing was that the Russian plane had violated Turkish airspace. However, the Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command asserted that the Su-24 did not fly over Turkish airspace and was shot down in Syrian airspace.

The downing of the Su-24 aircraft has escalated tensions between Russia and Türkiye, and Moscow has since imposed many economic sanctions on Ankara in retaliation./.

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