Chief of counterintelligence of Abkhazian security service shot

Abkhazian police reported that Chief of Department of Counterintelligence of unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, Eduard Emin-Zade and his driver were seriously injured in an attack on their vehicle, carried out by unknown assailants. The assassination attempt took place Friday morning near the Sukhumi railway station. The breakaway government car, in which E.Emin-Zade was going to work, was attacked with automatic submachine guns. Chief of counterintelligence department and his driver were hospitalized.

 

Kavkaz Center