Georgian workers build houses for refugees in Tserovani village (Photo AFP)From AFP:
TBILISI (AFP) — A town mayor and a Georgian villager were killed Saturday when an explosive device was set off near Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia, the interior ministry said.
A police officer was also injured in the blast, which occurred as police and officials were investigating a grenade attack on an empty home in the border village of Muzhava, interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP.
Police suspect Abkhaz militants were behind the attack, he said.
Three grenades were fired at the home early Saturday and a remote-controlled bomb was set off a few hours later after officials arrived to investigate the attack, he said.
"This was clearly aimed at the police because they knew the police would go there to investigate," Utiashvili said.
The head of police in Abkhazia's Gali district, Lawrence Kogoniya, denied that any attacks had taken place.
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