One killed in attack on Georgia rebel leader

TVNZ Wednesday 22nd February, 2012

Source: Reuters The leader of a Russian-backed Georgian breakaway region narrowly survived an assassination attempt that killed one of his bodyguards and badly wounded another, local media reported. Abkhazia, a sliver of land along the Black Sea coast, has been racked by turmoil and ethnic tension since breaking away from Tbilisi's rule as the Sov...

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