WORLD BRIEFING / GEORGIA
Police in Georgia fatally shot a former military officer and wounded two men suspected of plotting a mutiny that embarrassed the government and fueled opposition demands for the president to resign.
Protesters blocking Tbilisi’s streets in the seventh week of an anti-government campaign condemned the predawn shootings, which took place when police stopped a van carrying the three men, suspected of leading the mutiny at a tank battalion base.
The men had been heading for refuge in one of Georgia’s rebel-held provinces, according to an Interior Ministry statement.
The suspects resisted arrest and a gun battle broke out, ministry spokesman Grigol Beselia said.
Former military officer Giorgy Krialashvili was killed, and Koba Otanadze and Levan Ameridze were wounded, Beselia said.
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