Three Injured in South Ossetia Shootings
Two South Ossetian militiamen were badly injured after their post in Tskhinvali came under fire from the Georgian village of Tamarasheni in the early hours of June 28, the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee reported.
A sniper targeted the two militiamen, according to the report.
A Georgian policeman was also injured in a separate incident on June 27, according to Georgian media sources.
Meanwhile, Russian peacekeeping troops in the conflict zone prevented the Georgian side on June 27 from resuming construction of a new road in the region.
The proposed road – linking the two Georgian villages of Nikozi to the south of Tskhinvali and Avnevi to the west of the city ? is at the center of renewed tension. The South Ossetian side claims it would give the Georgians an military advantage in the case of hostilities.
Construction was halted on June 15 after South Ossetian forces were deployed in the vicinity of the road.
Russian peacekeepers have said that a joint political decision should first be reached between the Georgian and South Ossetian sides before such a road is built. Otherwise, they say, renewed tension will result.
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