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EX500rider

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Wed Jan 15, 2020, 12:52 PM Jan 2020

Iran plane downing: Person who filmed video 'arrested'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51114945

Iran says it has arrested the person who filmed the footage showing a Ukrainian passenger plane being shot down by a missile.
It is believed the person being detained will face charges related to national security.
Flight PS752 was brought down after it took off from Tehran on Wednesday last week, killing all 176 people on board.

Separately the New York Times said security camera footage showed two missiles were fired at the plane, more than 20 seconds apart.
The paper said this would explain why the plane's transponder seemed to have stopped working before the missile strike - it had been disabled by the first missile.
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Iran plane downing: Person who filmed video 'arrested' (Original Post) EX500rider Jan 2020 OP
Well, at least it's not like they want to prosecute a whistleblower... Wednesdays Jan 2020 #1
Because no one should ever be allowed to film a crime Pachamama Jan 2020 #2
Iran is not the United States. MineralMan Jan 2020 #3
What a country. Liberal In Texas Jan 2020 #4
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