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At Least Two Injured In South Ossetia Clashes

(RFE/RL)

May 13 2007 -- At least two people were injured overnight when violence erupted in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.

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May 13, 2007

Officials said the clashes occurred at two ethnic Georgian villages on the evening of May 12, injuring a Georgian police officer and a resident of South Ossetia.

The violence came a day after South Ossetian authorities blockaded ethnic Georgian villages in the area and demanded that the central government withdraw interior ministry security forces.

(compiled from agency reports)

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