A Georgian police officer was wounded on Thursday when a police checkpoint near the breakaway Abkhazia region came under fire, Georgian authorities said.
Georgia blamed Abkhazian separatist forces for the early morning attack in which they said weapons were fired at a checkpoint for about 15 minutes. Abkhazian authorities denied involvement.
Several police were shot dead along Georgia's de facto borders with Abkhazia and another Russian-backed separatist region, South Ossetia, after Georgia's 2008 war with Russia. But the areas have been relatively quiet for months.
Georgia's Interior Ministry said the policeman was lightly wounded in the leg and was hospitalised in the western town of Zugdidi.
Georgian policeman wounded in shooting near Abkhazia [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ]
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