TBILISI, Sept 21, 2008 (AFP) - One Georgian policeman was killed and two wounded on Sunday by sniper fire from Abkhaz separatist positions, Georgia's interior ministry said, while the Abkhaz side denied the claim.

'One Georgian policeman was killed and two were wounded in Khurcha as a result of sniper fire from positions controlled by Abkhaz separatists,' interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP.