Hoax broadcast causes panic in Georgia

Panic gripped Georgia after a pro-government television station broadcast a fake report that Russian tanks had entered the capital Tbilisi.

The fake report, which was broadcast on Saturday by the pro-government station Imedi TV, said that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had been killed in the Russian invasion.

Imedi TV later stated that the aim of the broadcast was to show the "real threat" of how events may unfold.

Imedi used archive pictures from the 2008 war that showed advancing Russian tanks.

Dozens of angry Georgians later rallied outside the television station to protest against the report.

Russia and Georgia fought a bloody five-day war in 2008 after Tbilisi attacked the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Relations between the two countries have remained tense since then.

Source: PressTV.
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