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    SKIRMISH ON GEORGIAN BORDER

    Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
    Sept 2 2009
    Armenia

    RA National Security Council denies information released on
    Sept. 2 by Georgian media on exchange of fire at Armenian-Georgian
    border. "This information is untrue. No incidents were reported from
    Armenian-Georgian border," Armenian Security Council stated.

    NEWS.am informed earlier today, that Caucasus Press reported 3 Georgian
    frontier guards were killed at the Georgian-Turkish border gate today,
    September 2. The incident occurred at the Akhaltsikhe part of the
    border. The three guards were reported dead and one missing. The
    cause of the conflict is yet unclear. The missing guard is being
    traced. The police refrains from comments.

    The Georgian Frontier Police confirmed the death of three Georgian
    border guards at the Akhaltsikhe part of Georgian-Turkish border
    gate. They informed: "The homicide occurred not far from the first
    sector. Three frontier guards were found dead, the forth one fled
    from the spot. According to investigators, the missing one could have
    committed the crime. However, it is not officially confirmed yet,
    the murderous impulse is unknown too. The missing frontier guard is
    wanted by the police."

    Meanwhile, Georgian Internal Ministry Spokesman Shota Khizanishvili
    said that the incident occurred at the Armenian-Georgian border. "This
    morning, three assassinated military men were detected at a check
    point near Georgian-Armenian border in Adigeni district. No additional
    information is available at the moment. Law enforcement bodies work
    at the spot," Khizanishvili declared.
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