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Georgian TV: Alleged mutiny organizer killed

Georgia Materials 21 May 2009 10:42 (UTC +04:00)

Georgian TV reports say one alleged organizer of a short-lived mutiny at a military base this month has been killed and two others wounded in a police operation.

Rustavi-2 television said a shootout erupted when police found the former military officers during a search in the capital, Tbilisi, early Thursday, AP reported.

An Interior Ministry official declined immediate comment.

The three suspects were wanted for their alleged roles in organizing a mutiny at a tank battalion headquarters in the ex-Soviet republic on May 5.

Georgian officials initially claimed the mutiny was part of a Russian-backed plot to bring down the government, but later backtracked and said its apparent aim was to disrupt NATO military exercises under way in Georgia.

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