01 October 2008, 14:17

Resident of South Ossetia killed, another wounded by shelling at Georgian border

A group of residents of Otrev village, Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, was shelled near Georgian border, as a result, one person was lost and one was wounded. The Republic's MIS asserts that the attack was committed by members of a Georgian raiding group.

The incident in the village inhabited by Georgians took place on September 30, at about 2 p.m. A VAZ car with three passengers was shelled, and one of them, born in 1968, died in situ from received wounds, the "Interfax" reports with reference to the press service of the MIA of South Ossetia. Another passenger, born in 1946, was taken with gunshot wounds to the Republic's Traumatic Hospital of Tskhinvali. The forty-year-old driver managed to disappear from the place of the incident.

The investigation of the crime is conducted by the State Office of Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia, as runs the statement of the State Committee for Information and Press; the statement also says with reference to the Republic's MIA that "the action was committed by unidentified Georgian nationals who disappeared from the crime in direction of Georgian territory, i.e., in the safety zone."

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

February 21, 2025 22:22

February 21, 2025 21:10

February 20, 2025 23:59

  • In Chechnya, sending to war is method to punish drivers

    Chechen law enforcers are monitoring social networks and reveal violators of traffic rules, who may face both public reprimand and sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone. The effect of talks with law enforcers is caused by fear of the consequences, human rights defenders have noted.

February 20, 2025 23:55

  • Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended

    A court in Grozny has extended Zarema Musaeva's arrest until March 26 under a criminal case on disrupting the work of a penal colony. Meanwhile, her sentence under the first criminal case was due to terminate on March 23, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

February 20, 2025 23:15

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2