The two Russian pilots who parachuted from their fighter jet after being fired upon by Turkey were shot dead as they descended to the ground, a rebel group has said.<\/p>\n
Alpaslan Celik, the deputy commander of a Syrian Turkmen brigade, told reporters near the Syrian village of Yamadi that the bodies of both pilots had been found.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air,\u201d Celik was quoted as saying by Reuters. He was holding a piece of what he said was a pilot\u2019s parachute.<\/p>\n
The comments came as a video surfaced that appeared to show the shooting. In it, numerous rounds are fired into the air as two parachutes descend. A man can be heard shouting in Turkish in the background, urging people to stop shooting so the pilots can be taken hostage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The two Russian pilots who parachuted from their fighter jet after being fired upon by Turkey were shot dead as they descended to the ground, a rebel group has said. Alpaslan Celik, the deputy commander of a Syrian Turkmen brigade, told reporters near the Syrian village of Yamadi that the bodies of both pilots had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[105,106],"class_list":["post-6889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-russia","tag-syria"],"yoast_head":"\n