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Russian jets drop bombs on Georgia

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-08 15:38

TBILISI - Three Russian jets entered Georgian airspace and "dropped bombs" at two locations just south of breakaway South Ossetia, where fighting raged on Friday, Georgia's interior ministry said.

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Spokesman Shota Utiashvili said two jets had attacked a police station near the town of Kareli and a third dropped a bomb near Gori, where Georgian forces had gathered before an offensive against South Ossetian separatists overnight.

"Several civilians have been wounded in Kareli," he told Reuters.