Abkhazia official killed in blast
Times Wire Reports
An explosion killed the mayor of a small town near the separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia’s Interior Ministry said.
The explosion killed Mujhava Mayor Gia Mebonia while he was inspecting a house damaged by overnight shelling. A villager was also killed and a police officer was seriously injured.
The explosion comes at a time of increasing tensions in the areas surrounding the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia and Georgia fought a war over South Ossetia in August.
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