Three Soldiers Killed in Blast at Base
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 11 Jan.'11 / 13:37

An explosion at the Ministry of Defense’s Krtsanisi National Training Center outside Tbilisi on January 11 killed three and injured thirteen soldiers.

120mm mortar shell exploded at about 11am local time, when the soldiers from the mortar battalion company of the first artillery brigade were undergoing training in Krtsanisi.

“Blast of 120 mm mortar was supposedly caused by the technical mistake during the exercises,” the Defense Ministry said. “Military Police and General Inspection of Ministry of Defence have already started investigation of the case.”

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