Iranian missile brought down Boeing jet, intelligence officials say
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the missile strike on Ukrainian jet that killed 176 may have been unintentional
09 January 2020 - 18:46
Washington — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that evidence suggests that a Ukrainian jet was hit by an Iranian missile before it crashed in Tehran and called for an international probe of the disaster.
“We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa. “This may well have been unintentional.”..
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