Two Killed in Blast at S.Ossetian Border

Explosion in the village of Plavi at the South Ossetian administrative border killed two Georgian de-miners and injured nine other people, including a ten-year-old boy, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on November 17.

The ministry said in a statement that at about 3pm local time on November 17 a Russian unmanned reconnaissance drone crashed in the village, which is located on the Georgian side of the administrative border in the south-east from the breakaway region’s capital Tskhinvali.

It said that explosive went off when a team of the Georgian Interior Ministry’s de-mining unit arrived on the scene to study the crashed drone.

Two other de-miners and six policemen, as well as ten-year-old local villager who were at the scene were also wounded, according to the Interior Ministry.

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