Archive - 8/9/2006

On 8 September, 2006 around 11:30 near village Tbet, Tskhinavli region of the Republic of South Ossetia, part of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, personnel of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia that penetrated into the conflict zone from village Nikozi carried out an armed attack on the check-point of the Ministry of Interior.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Jioev addressed a letter to the acting OSCE chairman Carl De Guht that says:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia, near the Ossetian village Tbet was carried out an armed attack by the Georgian military formation against the check point of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia. According to the initial information, 3 people were killed from the Ossetian side.