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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