ROSTOV-ON-DON. May 20 (Interfax) - Two South Ossetia residents became victim of a row that erupted at a cafe in Vladikavkaz, a source in the republic's Interior Ministry told Interfax.
"The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning. A kickboxing champion, Albert Tszgoyev, and two residents from South Ossetia, who sat at a nearby table, began a row. The athlete tried to settle it by sending his opponents a bottle of champagne, but this had no effect, and one of them pointed a gun at the athlete. As a result, the conflict sparked with new vehemence, and Albert Tszigoyev hit the South Ossetians several times and then seized the pistol from one of them and shot them," the official said.
After the incident Tszgoyev went to the police and surrendered himself. The incident was captured by a CCTV camera.
An inquiry into the incident is under way.
It was reported earlier that the South Ossetian president's cousin and the South Ossetian prime minister's chief bodyguard have been killed in Vladikavkaz.
"The persons killed in Vladikavkaz are the South Ossetian prime minister's chief bodyguard and President Eduard Kokoity's cousin, not the president's bodyguards, as was reported earlier," a source in the South Ossetian Interior Ministry told Interfax on Friday.
"The two men were killed in the heat of the moment," he said.