GEORGIA: Car bomb explodes in capital of breakaway region of Abkhazia, Sukhumi

Record ID: 356082

  • Title: GEORGIA: Car bomb explodes in capital of breakaway region of Abkhazia, Sukhumi
  • Date: 26th September 2008
  • Summary: GIRL WALKING INTO DESTROYED BEDROOM, POINTS TO WHERE SHE WAS SLEEPING WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED, LOOKS AT HER ROOM, SAYING:"IT'S TERRIBLE"
  • Embargoed: 11th October 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Georgia
  • Country: Georgia
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVACFPQA0MU4AQFMX0OFZFI6OB2H
  • Story Text: A car bomb explodes in Sukhumi, capital of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia.
    A car bomb on Thursday (September 25) rocked residential and government buildings in the main city of Georgia's rebel Abkhazia region, officials said.
    The blast caused no injuries, but blew out the windows and doors of several apartment blocks and the building of the region's internal security service.
    Broken glass and debris were strewn over the ground. Residents examined broken furniture and interior fixtures.
    Officials and a doorman at the security service building said the blast was caused by explosives packed in a Russian-made Lada car.
    The secretary of Abkhazia's security council did not apportion direct blame, but said the blast was connected to independence celebrations due on September 30, marking the end of fighting with central authorities in Tbilisi in the early 1990s.
    The blast comes amid instability around Abkhazia and a second Georgian rebel region, South Ossetia, which was at the centre of a brief war between Georgia and Russia last month.
    On Sunday (September 21), Georgia said one of its policemen was killed and two wounded by sniper fire from Abkhaz separatist positions on the de facto Abkhaz border, a claim denied by Abkhazia.
    Russian forces holding positions around the two rebel regions are due to pull back to inside the rebel regions by October 10 under a European Union-brokered peace plan.
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