By empty (8/18/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian special forces shot dead a gunman who broke into the headquarters of the Rustavi 2 television company in Tbilisi on Thursday. Special forces freed the member of staff whom the attacker, armed with a handgun, had taken hostage. The gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, was killed after fruitless talks with special forces.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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