Police detain clergyman of Kintsvisi monastery for attempted premeditate murder
The crime is punishable from seven to 15 years of imprisonment. Photo: georgiantravelguide.com.
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Police have detained a clergyman for the attempted premeditate murder of another clergyman and the illegal purchase, storage and possession of firearms at the Kintsvisi Monastery in Georgia’s eastern Shida Kartli region.
The investigation has established that the detainee, only identified as K.K., 34, while moving on the road in the village of Rieti, Gori district, allegedly opened fire from an automatic firearm on the vehicle, which was driven by another clergyman of Kintsvisi Monastery. After that he fled the scene.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs says that no one was injured during the accident.
The crime is punishable from seven to 15 years of imprisonment.
Police officer Soso Gabriadze, who was detained for shooting and killing a woman accidentally on April 20 in Tbilisi, will face more serious charges.
A total of 38,748 crimes were reported in Georgia between January and July of 2019, which is a 17.23% increase when compared to the same period of 2018, announces the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).
Georgia’s newly appointed Interior Minister Giorgi Gakhartia has kept his promise and the ministry has released detailed crime statistics that the body had refused to publish in the previous two years.
Accessing one of Georgia’s ancient monasteries boasting unique frescoes is about to become easier for the tourists and locals who visit the historic site.
Georgian police detained a nanny for the use of violence against a child in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi yesterday. The individual, identified only as L. L. and born in 1973, worked together with two other nannies, identified only as Sh. D and I. B. at a family with five children.