Georgian citizen detained in Turkey for alleged contacts with ISIS released
Nine Syrian and one Georgian citizen were detained in the Turkish city of Izmir on April 10. Photo: AFP
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Turkish court has released ten individuals, including one Georgian citizen detained for alleged contacts with the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Turkish Security Service carried out a special operation and detained nine Syrian and one Georgian citizen in the Turkish city of Izmir on April 10.
Turkish media reported that all of them have been taken to the immigration service after they were released.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani says that Georgia is on the team of its strategic ally the United States to defeat the terrorist organisation Islamic State.
The head of Georgia’s State Security Service Vakhtang Gomelauri stated in parliament today that the threat of terrorism remains low in Georgia.
Gomelauri told lawmakers that in 2017 the State Security Service managed to prevent terrorist acts, referring to two recent large-scale anti-terrorism raids in Georgia.
19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was accused of supporting terrorists, died early today at a hospital in capital Tbilisi, after about two weeks of being in a coma.
The 14-year-old son of Ahmad Pareulidze, who served as the chief guard of Georgian-born ISIS top terrorist Omar Al-Shishani, has died in Syria, Pankisi radio reported.
Head of Georgia’s State Security Service Vakhtang Gomelauri has reported to parliament today, stating that the number of supporters and the influence of the terrorist Islamic State has “significantly” decreased in Georgia.
Father of deceased terror suspect Temirlan Machalikashvili, Malkhaz Machalikashvili, attempted to kill the former deputy head of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) Ioseb Gogashvili, the State Security Service of Georgia announced at a special briefing earlier today.
Father of deceased terror suspect Temirlan Machalikashvili, Malkhaz Machalikashvili, does not deny that he may have had a conversation with his relative regarding a terror attack on former deputy head of Georgia’s State Security Service Ioseb Gogashvili, as “he had such thoughts during a time of much anger.”
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that one Georgian citizen has been shot and two Russian citizens were injured during an incident in Istanbul, Turkey late yesterday.
Germany has expelled two Russian citizens working in the Russian embassy in Berlin for their alleged involvement in the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in the summer, pointing at possible involvement of either Russian of Chechen authorities in the case.Khangoshvili, 40, who was shot dead in the Kleiner Tiergarten Park, Berlin, on August 23.