Tonight near the Russian peacekeeping check point “Spider” on a mine fixed from the Georgian village Achabeti exploded a soldier from the Russian peacekeeping battalion. As was informed the correspondent of “Res” agency t Tskhinval hospital, the soldier’s condition is bad and an operation is going on.
As a result of the terrorist act that took place this morning in Tskhinval were killed two people and injured four peaceful residents. The correspondent of the “Res” agency approached Mikhail Mindzaev, Minister of Interior of the RSO, to comment the incident.
Boris Chochiev, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of RSO, JCC Co-Chairman for the South-Ossetian side received a telegram of condolences from Roy Riv, the OSCE Ambassador in Georgia. The telegram says:
Further to the terrorist act that happened this morning in Tskhinval, the President off the Republic of South Ossetia called for an emergency meeting with the security agencies of the Republic. During the meeting were present representatives of the executive power and legislature of RSO.
Representatives of a number of public organizations, national movements of Karachaevo-Cherkesya made an appeal in which they expressed their concerns about the situation around the Republic of South Ossetia.
The device that exploded this morning was similar to the device that exploded at the entrance to the garage of the Security Council Secretary Oleg Alborov. This was announced by Anatoly Barankevich, Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia.
Today at 9 a.m. was carried out an attempt to murder a prominent defender of the Independence of South Ossetia Balla Bestauty. The explosives was fixed on a tree next to his house and exploded when the streets were already full of people.
The FSB Russia center on social ties informed that according to the information that was received on 12th July via telephone, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict is being prepared a large-scale provocation, during which it is planned to kill few tens of peaceful residents of Georgian ethnicity and accuse in the murder the Russian peace keepers.
Today near village Avnevi during shooting a programme on the 14th anniversary since the introduction of the joint peace keeping forces into the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, the Georgian police tried to block movement of the a group of Russian journalists that were escorted by Russian peace keeping battalion.
On 11 July the officers of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia stopped a vehicle that belonged to the OSCE Mission in Tskhinval. Further to that the acting chairman of the OSCE Karel De Gyukht demanded an explanation from the leadership of South Ossetia. The correspondent of “Res” agency approached Boris Chochiev, First deputy Prime Minister, to comment the situation: