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Demolition of the War Dead Monument goes horribly wrong roof veiw

Demolition of the War Dead Monument goes horribly wrong roof view. A woman and her young daughter have been killed in Georgia during the controversial demolition of a huge Soviet World War II memorial.The girl, said to be aged seven or eight, and her mother were killed when workers set off an explosion to take down the memorial in Georgia's second-largest city Kutaisi, interior ministry spokesman Zura Gvenetadze told AFP news agency.Prosecutors are considering whether safety standards were violated.Russian officials and some Georgian opposition politicians criticised the decision to demolish the monument.Another man was also injured and was being treated in hospital, he said.Reuters news agency quotes local media as saying the two victims were killed by lumps of concrete sent hurtling into the courtyard of their home.The demolition was being carried out to make space for a new parliamentary building and reports suggest the two victims were hit by flying concrete.

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Added: Aug-28-2011 Occurred On: Dec-19-2009
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