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Army Helicopter Destroyed, Sumanese Liberation Front in Yerrawa Claims Responsibility
13 May 5636



PHA'KA - The Army acknowledged today that an HH-11 Seagull helicopter purchased several decades ago as Hutorian surplus was shot down over Pha'ka Prefecture, killing all 4 crew and 12 troops it was transporting. The helicopter was en route to the remote South Dovanian border in an attempted response by the military government in Danyawgyi to South Dovanian deployments on the border.

At approximately 23:00 local time the aircraft was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade launched from a cave complex in the remote Myinkho River Valley, according to the government's statement. The government did not name the source of the attack, but a statement on social media from the official account of the Sumanese Liberation Front in Yerrawa (KPS-E, Suman: Kongthap Potpon Suman Nai Erawa) claimed responsibility for the attack, declaring that it had fired at and struck the Army helicopter in defense of the sovereign territory of the Sumanese people.

The KPS-E, closely affiliated with the much larger but now mostly dormant Sumanese Liberation Front in South Dovani's Suman Province claims much of northeastern Pha'ka Prefecture as sovereign territory of the greater Golden Princedom of Suman, which has never held actual control in the Yerrawan mountain country. On the ground KPS-E influence extends only so far as the Myinkho River Valley where they often clash with other government-designated "ethnic armed organizations" but have rarely struck government forces directly. Danyawgyi has accused the SLF in South Dovani of smuggling arms into Yerrawa, a claim which the South Dovanian militia denies.

The Army statement noted that though the loss of the helicopter and its crew was a tragedy, it would do little on the ground to affect the conduct of security operations on the South Dovanian border. The Army warned South Dovani to maintain its respect for the border or face certain death. It pledged as well to enact justice upon the KPS-E.



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