Georgian officer killed in anti-terror operation in Tbilisi buried today
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The Georgian officer who died in an anti-terror operation earlier this week has been buried in a poignant funeral service in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Hundreds of mourners including government officials attended the funeral of Ivane Goloshvili from the Georgian Special Operations Forces at Saint George’s Cathedral in the centre of Tbilisi.
After the funeral Goloshvili was buried at Mukhadgverdi Brother’s cemetery.
Georgian PM pays tribute to officer killed during anti-terror operation in Tbilisi. Photo by PM's press office
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia, Defense Minister Levan Izoria, Head of State Security Service Vakhtang Gomelauri, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze and other top officials attended the funeral ceremony.
The State Security Service of Georgia carried out a 22-hour special operation in Tbilisi to arrest individuals who are not Georgian citizens and are alleged members of a terrorist organisation.
Goloshvili was wounded following the shootings. His family will receive 100,000 GEL compensation from the government and 1,000 GEL monthly pension.
Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office has charged the only surviving suspect of a large-scale anti-terror operation in Tbilisi for terrorist activities.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili visited the hospital where the four officers wounded at today’s anti-terrorist operation are receiving medical treatment. Thanking the special operations members for their courage, Kvirikashvili offered condolences to the family of the special-ops serviceman who died in the shooting.
One suspected terrorist has been arrested and three killed during today’s anti-terrorist operation on Gabriel Salosi Street in Tbilisi, the State Security Service announced a short time ago. Nino Giorgobiani, press speaker of the State Security Service, described in a detailed statement how the operation was conducted and how many people were arrested.
The State Security Service of Georgia announced a short time ago that the special operation to arrest suspected terrorists in Tbilisi has officially ended. The officer from the Special Operations Forces, who wounded during the operation, died in hospital.
The United States will help Georgia investigate the case in which an anti-terror operation was held to neutralise suspected terrorists in Tbilisi last week.
Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia says that based on preliminary information, the suspects of a large-scale anti-terrorist operation in Tbilisi allegedly arrived illegally in Georgia.
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has confirmed that one of the three killed suspects in the Tbilisi counter-terrorist operation on November 22 is an Islamic State-linked, Russia citizen of Chechen origin, Ahmed Chataev. SSS stated that two suspects were killed by Georgian law enforcers, while "Chataev exploded himself.”
The Government of Georgia has handed a fully furnished apartment to the killed Georgian special unit serviceman Ivane Goloshvili’s family.
The suspected terrorists killed in the Tbilisi counter-terrorist operation on November 22 were planning to attack diplomatic missions in Georgia and Turkey, says the Georgian State Security Service. The Service revealed the results of the ongoing investigation this afternoon.
The State Security Service of Georgia has arrested a man for allegedly helping Akhmed Chataev, Islamic State-linked terrorist, entering Georgia. The agency said that a special operation was held today in Akhmeta, Georgia to detain Georgian citizen Zurab Idoidze.
Terrorists say that they will take revenge for the deaths of members of their organisation who were killed by Georgian law enforcers during last year’s anti-terrorist raid in Tbilisi. A Georgian unit of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation has threatened the Georgian government, saying they will take revenge for their "murdered brothers,” Georgian media Palitranews released the video today.
Georgian Special Operation Forces Officer Ivane Golashvili, who was killed in a counter terrorism operation in Tbilisi last year, was posthumously awarded the Vakhtang Gorgasali First Degree State Medal today.