Red Cross Workers Missing in Georgia
Police searching for three missing Red Cross workers found their abandoned car Saturday near the border with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, but there was no sign of the passengers, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The three have been missing since Thursday, when they left Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, for Pankisi Gorge to visit refugees who had fled fighting in Chechnya, said Pauline Ceinaix of the Red Cross in Tbilisi.
The search began after the group failed to respond to radio transmission for more than 24 hours, Ceinaix said. The three had not arrived at the refugee camp by Saturday night.
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