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Deadly bomb blasts rock S Ossetia
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![Tensions over Ossetia and Abkhazia have soared in recent months [File: EPA]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Europe/a/1/S-Ossetia.jpg "Tensions over Ossetia and Abkhazia have soared in recent months [File: EPA]") | | Tensions over Ossetia and Abkhazia have soared in recent months [File: EPA] |
Two roadside bombs have exploded in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, killing one person, the province's government has said.
The twin blasts happened near the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, the separatist government said on Friday in a statement on its website. South Ossetian police and peacekeeping forces are investigating the incident, the statement said. "Radio explosive devices laid on both sides of the road were activated simultaneously," a statement said, adding that an investigation by local police and peacekeeping forces had determined the cause of the explosions. An earlier statement blamed the explosions on a car bomb.
The separatist government has previously accused Georgia of carrying out bomb attacks in the region - claims strongly denied by Tbilisi. Tensions over South Ossetia and another breakaway Georgian region, Abkhazia, have soared in recent months, particularly since Moscow announced it was establishing formal ties with the separatists.
Unrest increased further this month with a series of bombings in Abkhazia, which the Abkhaz leadership blamed on Georgia.Moscow's admission that it had sent military jets on flights over South Ossetia has also fuelled tensions.
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