«There wasn"t any ambush! », the Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Republic Michail Mindzaev has declared to the journalists, making comments on the message of the Georgian mass-media about the incident at the village Didmukha.
« The Georgian special troops have driven on the territory of South Ossetia Republic, the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs tried to stop them but in reply to that the employees of the Georgian special troops have opened fire. As a result of the compelled reciprocal fire two Georgians have been liquidated», the minister has informed.
The Joint Staff of the Joint Peace-Keeping Forces (JPKF) in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict has confirmed the fact of death of the two representatives of the power structures of Georgia. « The monitoring, held by the tripartite military observers and the officers of the mission of OSCE, confirms the fact of death of the two representatives of the power structures of Georgia », the assistant of the commander of JPKF Vladimir Ivanov has informed. He has also confirmed the information that the skirmish has occurred on the frontier between Georgia and South Ossetia: « The incident has occurred on the frontier between the ossetian village Mugut and the Georgian settlement Zemo-Nikozi. At the moment the investigation proceeds », Ivanov has informed.
