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(OFFICIAL)-Russia bombs Georgian military airfield
10 Aug 2008 02:59:30 GMT
 Source: Reuters
(A Georgian official who earlier said Tbilisi's international airport had been bombed has corrected his statement to say that a military airfield had been hit and not the airport)

TBILISI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Loud explosions rocked Georgia's capital early on Sunday, and a senior official said Russia had bombed a military airfield near Tbilisi's international airport.

"Three bombs were dropped on a military airfield belonging to Tbilaviastroi plant. There were no casualties," Shota Utiashvili, the head of the Georgian Interior Ministry's information department, told Reuters.

The plant has been producing Sukhoi Su-25 ground fighters since Soviet days.

He corrected his earlier information that Tbilisi's international airport had been the actual target.

Reuters correspondents working in Tbilisi heard the three loud bangs shortly after 0530 (0130 GMT).

(Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)


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