Seven peacekeepers were killed and another seven were injured in a car bomb explosion in Tskhinval, peacekeepers commander Maj. Gen. Marat Kulakhmetov told Itar-Tass. “Two vehicles were seized in the Georgian village of Ditsa on Friday. There were four people, presumably ethnic Georgians, in the cars. They carried no identification documents but firearms and two F-1 grenades. The vehicles and the individuals were taken to Tskhinval. The bomb was planted in one of the vehicles. Presumably, it was equivalent to 20 kilograms TNT,” he said. The bomb went off at 4:45 p.m. Moscow time. “According to the preliminary information, it was a car bomb planted in the direct proximity to the headquarters,” head of the South Ossetian Information and Press Committee Irina Gagloyeva said. A headquarters source told Itar-Tass that the car was registered in the Georgian village of Ditsi.
