GEORGIAN GUERRILLAS ACTIVE IN ABKHAZ SECURITY ZONE.

A Georgian paramilitary group yesterday took three Russian soldiers hostage on the Georgian side of the Georgian-Abkhaz military demarcation line. The group is offering to trade the hostages for the bodies of two Georgian fighters who were killed last week in a clash on the Abkhaz side of the demarcation line. On August 17, a mine laid by Georgian guerrillas killed two Abkhaz soldiers there. Russian "peacekeeping" troops patrol both sides of the security zone. (Russian agencies, August 18-19)

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