Violation of the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements near South Ossetia
(B2) A Georgian policeman died and six others injured in two consecutive explosions north of Dvani, on the border of South Ossetia, this Sunday morning (March 29) around 9 a.m. A first Georgian police vehicle jumped on a mine killing one and injuring 4. The second explosion occurred when a team arrived to rescue the first, injuring 2 other police officers.
This type of incident is rather vicious. Because it emerges from a deliberate intention to kill, is quite regular at the administrative borders of Ossetia or Abkhazia since the conflict of August, as I had already related on this blog, after a report on place (read palpable tension, repeated incidents). And we do not really discern the perpetrators of these terrorist crimes (Ossetians or Abkhazians, Russians or Georgians, regular troops or semi-mafia).
This attack was condemned by European observers, as "a totally unacceptable violation of the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreements", explains Hansjörg Haber, the head of the mission of the European observers "EUMM" in Georgia in a communicated. "We expect this incident to be carefully investigated on both sides of the South Ossetian administrative border and those responsible brought to justice.".
Strong political tension. This incident also occurs in a period of intense political tension. The government is struggling with the opposition. Demonstrations are planned from April 9 to demand the resignation of President Saakashvili, accused by certain opposition political figures, such as his former Minister of Defense Irakli Okruashvili "to be a threat worse than the Russians for Georgia". A dozen opponents were arrested buying weapons in order to provoke riots in what looks more like a skilful staging than a real plot.
