22:45, 2 April 2007

Head of Georgia's MIA again accuses Russia of bombarding Kodor

On March 11, when bombarding the upper section of Kodor Gorge, military helicopters used Russian-made controlled shells model "Ataka" (Attack), Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, told in his interview to the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.

On April 1, Mr. Merabishvili reported that the investigation in the Gorge detected fragments of a shell manufactured in 2005 and now in inventory of the Russian army.

On the second day after bombardment, on March 12, Minister Merabishvili presented information to the Council for National Security that the helicopters had flown into the air space of Georgia from the territory of the Russian Federation "shot at least 20 unguided shells in the direction of administrative and police buildings located in the Gorge."

Author: Alena Aleschenko, CK correspondent