Alexandra Tuttle
Year: 1993
Nationality:
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Sukhumi, Georgia
Press organization: The Wall Street Journal
What's Alexandra Tuttle's story?
Tuttle, a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was killed aboard a military aircraft when it was hit by an Abkhazian ground-to-air missile. The plane crashed as the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing in Sukhumi. Tuttle boarded the flight in Tbilisi and was on her way to conduct an interview with Georgian head of state Eduard Shevardnadze.
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