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Article: South Ossetian hostage freed, but fate of other hostages held in Georgia's breakaway region still unknown
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- January 23, 2005
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ETERI KAKABADZE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-23-2005
Dateline: TBLISI, Georgia
Ethnic Georgians living in the breakaway region of South Ossetia freed a senior South Ossetian official who had been abducted along with at least 11 others in retaliation for the seizure of a Georgian police officer, a senior police official said Sunday. The fate of the other hostages was unknown.
Makhal Gassiyev, a deputy South Ossetian minister, was freed Saturday, hours after he was seized, said Alexander Sukhitashvili, head of the regional Shida Kartli police. Sukhitashvili said he had no other information, and it was unclear whether the 11 other Ossetians seized alongside Gassiyev were still ...