Abkhaz Customs Official Injured in Attack in Gali District

The Abkhaz side has heightened security measures in the Gali district of the breakaway region after a failed attempt on the life of an employee of Abkhaz customs service on November 27, Georgian media sources reported.

According to the Abkhaz news agency Apsnipress, Givi Tsulaia, 24, was injured after an explosive, detonated by a remote-controled device, hit his car near the village of Tagiloni in the Gali district early on Sunday.

Tsulaia was described by Georgian media sources as a leader of one of the Abkhaz paramilitary groups, ?terrorizing? local Georgian population in the Gali district. But according to the Apsnipress, Tsulaia is an employee of the Abkhaz customs service in the Gali district.

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