Syrian Rebels Say They Shot BOTH Pilots From Russian Jet

Both pilots the Russian jet shot down by Turkey died after being fired on by Syrian rebels, a commander has said.

‘Both of the pilots were retrieved dead. Our comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air,’ Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade said near the Syrian village of Yamadi as he held what he said was a piece of a pilot’s parachute.

Jahed Ahmad, of the 10th Brigade in the Coast, earlier said the plane’s two Russian crew members tried to land in their parachutes in Syrian government-held areas after they ejected, but came under fire from members of his group.

The group released a video showing gunmen standing around a blond pilot who had bruises on his face and appeared dead.