By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An explosion killed the mayor of a small town near the separatist region of Abkhazia early Saturday morning, Georgia's Interior Ministry said.
The explosion killed Mujhava Mayor Gia Mebonia while he was inspecting a house damaged by overnight shelling. A villager was also killed and a local police officer was seriously injured.
The explosion comes at a time of increasing tension in the areas surrounding the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia and Georgia fought a war over South Ossetia in August.
Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said authorities found an antenna near the blast site and suspect the explosives were detonated by remote control. Utiashvili blamed separatists and their backers.
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