Three servicemen were killed in a blast during exercises at Krtsanisi military training base near Tbilisi, Georgian defense ministry reported.

The blast may be caused by a technical mistake during exercises with a mortar, Russian Vzglyad newspaper writes.

Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaya and chief of the joint staff of the Georgian Armed Forces Devi Chankotadze arrived in the hospital where 13 injured soldiers were taken.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, soldiers of the center are trained by instructors from U.S.