An Ossetian family was attacked in the village of Khelchua in South Ossetia overnight. Two criminals were killed in the incident. \"The two attackers, both of them Georgian citizens and residents of the neighboring village of Mereti, have a previous criminal record,\" Gela Zoziashvili, the Georgian president\'s deputy envoy in the Shida Kartli region, told Interfax on Sunday. \"We categorically deny any political motivation in the incident and are prepared to launch a thorough probe into it on the Ossetian side,\" Zoziashvili said. (Interfax)