Time in Tbilisi: April 28, 2024 16:51
Two Georgian citizens have been taken hostage from Gori villages today- Vasil Khidasheli,19, from the village Tsitelubani and Aleksandre Shiukashvili,32, from the village Kirbali.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs ( MIA) international organisations have already been informed regarding the facts.
Locals from Tsitelubani have stated that Khidasheli was peacefully grazing cattle and he did not violate the so-called administrative border with de-facto Tskhinvali region.
They informed as well that Khidasheli’s father was also detained in this summer at the same location and was released from the Tskhinvali remand center after paying a 2000-rouble fine
According to the MIA, the individual was detained near the occupation line, presumably for illegal crossing of the line.
As for Shiukashvili, locals have stated that he was with his underage son near the cemetery of the village Kirbali when so-called border-guards detained him.
"I was with my father; our horse was grazing near the cemetery when my dad mentioned two men in bushes. He cried and we ran, but the men caught us and took my dad with a rope. They let me go,” the kid said.
According to Aleksandre Shiukashvili’s wife Manana Shiukashvili no one has contacted the family yet.
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