Abkhazia, Georgia forces clash, four killed

Four members of Abkhazian police died today in clashes with Georgia's security forces. The government in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi confirmed this, according to a Beta news agency report. Abkhazia, Georgia forces clash, four killed Abkhazia is a de facto independent breakaway region of Georgia. Its authorities have not made any statements about the incident so far. Georgia's Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili told reporters today that beside the four policemen killed on the Abkhazian side, a member of the Georgian security forces was also wounded. Yakobashvili said "two military jets at the same time violated the Georgian air space near the other separatist area" of this former Soviet republic. The minister said the incident happened in the Chivali region, but gave no further details.

Abkhazia, Georgia forces clash, four killed

Abkhazia is a de facto independent breakaway region of Georgia. Its authorities have not made any statements about the incident so far.

Georgia's Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili told reporters today that beside the four policemen killed on the Abkhazian side, a member of the Georgian security forces was also wounded.

Yakobashvili said "two military jets at the same time violated the Georgian air space near the other separatist area" of this former Soviet republic.

The minister said the incident happened in the Chivali region, but gave no further details.