Three killed, more hurt as shooting and shelling roils Georgian region

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AFP , Tbilisi and Moscow
Friday, Aug 13, 2004,Page 6

At least three people were killed and several wounded Wednesday night in shooting in the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia, Georgian local police told AFP by telephone.

The Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia early yesterday issued an ultimatum to Tbilisi after several people were injured as Georgian forces shelled Ossetia's capital and surrounding villages for the second night running, an Ossetian official said.

South Ossetian authorities would eliminate "illegal armed bands" from Georgian villages located in the zone of conflict if the shelling did not stop within 30 minutes, the head of South Ossetia's Information and Press Committee, Irina Gagloyeva, told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

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