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World Briefing | Europe: Georgia: Abkhazia Chief Survives Grenade

[NYT - Europe]

Aleksandr Ankvab, the prime minister of Abkhazia, a separatist region here, survived what officials there said was the fourth attempt to assassinate him in his three years in office. A rocket propelled grenade struck the trunk of Mr. Ankvab’s jeep as he drove to work, Russian television news reported. It showed a hole in the back of the vehicle. Mr. Ankvab told Interfax, a Russian news agency, that he had minor shrapnel wounds. The president of Abkhazia’s unrecognized government, Sergei Bagapsh, said Mr. Ankvab was in charge of work against organized crime and blamed the Mafia for the attack.