World IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : ‘Bad Mood’ Resulted in American’s Death
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Georgian soldier who confessed to killing American Fred Woodruff--believed to be a CIA agent--told investigators that he was “in a bad mood” when he fired the fatal shot. Anzor Sharmaidze, 21, was with two companions when the car he was riding in broke down Aug. 8. Officials quoted Sharmaidze as telling investigators that he fired one shot from his Kalashnikov assault rifle at Woodruff’s car because it did not stop to pick him up.
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