South Ossetia claims that Tskhinvali\'s suburbs were bombarded by Georgian mortars for five hours last night. \"In the period between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., Priiskaya Heights [Tskhinvali suburbs] was fired at with mortars,\" South Ossetia\'s information committee chairman Irina Gagloyeva told Interfax. \"The bombardment was made from three points - the Georgian settlements of Erebi, Anabet and Tamarasheni. No one was harmed by it,\" Gagloyeva said. \"The mortar bombardment is a provocation aimed at intensifying the situation,\" she said. \"The main purpose of these actions is to create an unbearable psychological climate and scare the population of South Ossetia,\" she said. A 40-minute mortar barrage of the Sarabuk and Tliakana settlements was also conducted, she said. These settlements are populated mainly by Ossetians. No one was harmed in the attack. (Interfax)