Mi-8 Helicopter Shot Down in Abkhazia, Killing Three UN Observers

Helicopter Shot Down in Abkhazia, Killing Three UN Observers

Three people died when an Mi-8 helicopter carrying six UN military observers and three crew members was shot down in Abkhazia`s Kodori gorge where Georgian and Chechen invaders were concentrated on Monday, early reports said.

The helicopter took off from Sukhumi airport at about 9:00 a.m. Moscow time and was shot down 15 minutes later.

/Interfax/
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