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Abkhazia's prime minister escapes assassination bid
 MOSCOW: The prime minister of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia was targeted by an assassination attempt late Friday but escaped unscathed, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Abkhazian police. One person from his entourage was wounded in the attack, in which unidentified gunmen opened fire on Alexander Ankvab's motorcade as it left the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi. "I was not hurt, but one person from an accompanying car was wounded as he received two or three bullets in his leg," Ankvab told the Interfax news agency. Abkhazia's deputy prime minister Leonid Lakerba a was also in Ankvab's motorcade when the attack occurred, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. Ankvab had been targeted in a similar assassination attempt at the same place a month ago. Friday's attack occurred "at the same place where (gunmen) opened fire on our motorcade one month ago," he told Interfax. Posted by: Fred 2005-04-03 |
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