An assassination attempt has been made on the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab. President Ankvab was unharmed, however, one bodyguard is dead and two more are seriously injured. The President's convoy was blown up by a powerful roadside bomb in the Gadaut region of the republic of Abkhazia, in the North Caucasus. After that, the convoy came under crossfire from a machine gun and a grenade launcher. Since 2005 Ankvab’s residence and his cars have been hit by grenades and gunfire five times. He has been wounded on several occasions. Abkhazia is a breakaway province of Georgia, whose independence was recognized by Russia in 2008.
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