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Armed Clash at Georgian-Russian Border
September 24, 2002
Civil Georgia News

Posted by HW on March 28, 2024

According to the Civil Georgia sources at the Georgian Border Guard Department armed clash occurred near Kazbegi, northern mountainous region of Georgia, near Georgian-Russian border, on September 24.

According to the source one Georgian border guard is wounded.

The Border Guard Department refuses to make an official statement concerning the incident. Authorities also refrain to say who attacked the Georgian border guards near Georgian-Russian border.

Shalva Londaridze, Press Secretary of the Border Guard Department told the Civil Georgia that Korneli Salia, Acting Chief of the Border Guard Department Staff left for Kazbegi. “At the moment we examine the details and after we will release an official statement,” Londaridze said.
 
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