9 October 2001 TBILISI, 8 October (Sarke)–A helicopter of the UNOMIG (UN Observers Mission In Georgia) flying over the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone crashed today. According to the first reports, there are no survivors. The Russian and Abkhazian sides claim that the helicopter was brought down by an armed group of Georgian guerillas and Chechens present in Abkhazia, while the Georgian […]
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