13:54 08/09/2006

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MOSCOW/TBILISI, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Four people have been killed in the conflict zone between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Force said Friday.

"Today, the conflicting sides engaged in an exchange of fire near the Ossetian village of Tbet," Marat Kulakhmetov said. "One Georgian serviceman has been killed and three wounded, and three South Ossetian policemen have been killed."

Kulakhmetov is currently at the scene of the incident.

But the republic's Defense Ministry said a Georgian military unit attacked a South Ossetian checkpoint.

However, Georgian TV company Imedi said the incident occurred when a Georgian police patrol came under fire from the South Ossetian side.

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