Giorgi Sologashvili, one of five individuals detained for their suspected involvement in the stabbing of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, the son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia last week, has admitted to stabbing Gamsakhurdia, but he said it was not attempted premeditated murder, with which he has been charged by the prosecutor’s office.
Sologashvili says that he and Gamsakhurdia had a verbal conflict at an event and after leaving the event, on the street, Gamsakhurdia “absolutely unexpectedly slapped me and I took out a knife and stabbed him in response.”
Sologashvili and three others, Petre Kuparadze, Kakha Chkhetiani and Tato Garibashvili, were sent to pretrial detention yesterday for the incident, while Tornike Kvatadze was not taken into custody.
The trial date has been set for February.
Gamsakhurdia is in critical condition.