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Turkish citizen kidnapped in occupied Abkhazia

The Georgian men were detained when they were swimming in a river on Georgian-controlled territory. Photo by marshalpress.ge.

Agenda.ge, 11 Feb 2018 - 17:33, Tbilisi,Georgia

A Turkish man has been kidnapped in the Russian occupied region of Georgia – Abhazia.

Defacto local authorities said strangers kidnapped Captain Selim Kaya in one of the local ports in the town of Ochamchire.

The investigation of the case is underway.

Kidnapping is a common crime in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, though many cases go unreported because families prefer to pay the ransom with the help of a go-between in order to keep their kidnapped relatives safe.

The situation is similar in Georgia’s other Russian-occupied region of Tskinvali (South Ossetia).

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