Three Russian Servicemen Killed As Armored Personnel Carrier Overturns In Abkhazia

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 21, 2019 | 02:32 PM

Three Russian servicemen were killed and two others were injured when a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier overturned in a gorge in Abkhazia, the Southern Military District's press service said in a statement Monday

ROSTOV-ON-DON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2019) ON-DON, January 21 (Sputnik) - Three Russian servicemen were killed and two others were injured when a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier overturned in a gorge in Abkhazia, the Southern Military District's press service said in a statement Monday.

"On January 18, when a military convoy was moving from the Tsabal mountain range to the permanent deployment point in Abkhazia, on a difficult section of the road, the BTR-80 overturned into a gorge. As a result of the accident, three servicemen died," the statement said.