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Mortar fire opened on South Ossetian settlement Sarabuk
TSKHINVALI, August 7 (Itar-Tass) - Georgian defence forces are firing on a post of the South Ossetian Interior Ministry near the Sarabuk settlement and also on the settlement, South Ossetian police sources told Itar-Tass.
According to a police duty officer, "The Ossetian settlement of
Sarabuk and a post of the Interior Ministry located there have come under mortar fire from a height earlier occupied by Georgian defence forces."
The Interior Ministry also said that "South Ossetian police officers have opened retaliatory fire." There have been no immediate reports about casualties.
On Monday, the deputy commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Force
(JPKF), Vladimir Ivanov, told Itar-Tass that the situation in the area of the Georgian-South Ossetia conflict remained extremely tense, and no improvement of it is seen. He said the "contingent of the JPKF has been put on alert."
According to a police duty officer, "The Ossetian settlement of
Sarabuk and a post of the Interior Ministry located there have come under mortar fire from a height earlier occupied by Georgian defence forces."
The Interior Ministry also said that "South Ossetian police officers have opened retaliatory fire." There have been no immediate reports about casualties.
On Monday, the deputy commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Force
(JPKF), Vladimir Ivanov, told Itar-Tass that the situation in the area of the Georgian-South Ossetia conflict remained extremely tense, and no improvement of it is seen. He said the "contingent of the JPKF has been put on alert."
