Two people were detained in Tskhinvali for attacking police officers.

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A traffic accident occurred in Tskhinvali, in which the participants attacked the police officers who arrived at the scene. They were placed in a holding cell, where colleagues and friends of the detainees gathered and began demanding their release. Security forces were forced to fire warning shots to disperse the crowd.

The South Ossetian Military Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case for the use of violence against a government official.

According to investigators, two South Ossetian citizens, born in 2004 and 2005, were involved in a traffic accident on Geroev Street in Tskhinvali. It turned out they were intoxicated. They got into a conflict with law enforcement officers, which escalated into violence against the officers. The defendants have been detained and are being held in a temporary detention facility, the state news agency "Res" reported on May 10.

After the incident, friends and colleagues of the detained participants in the accident, who are military personnel, gathered outside the Tskhinvali police department. They demanded their release. Police officers were forced to fire warning shots to subdue the crowd, according to "Osnova."

The Telegram channel "Sapa Tskhinval" also reported on the incident outside the Tskhinvali police department. According to the channel, friends and colleagues of the detainees started a fight, forcing police to fire warning shots. A short video published on the channel shows a group of people scattering after at least five shots were fired. It is unknown who these people were and whether they really demanded the release of the detainees; the video was filmed from a window across the street.