Man detained for setting fire to former President Saakashvili library in Tbilisi
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Georgian police have detained a 28-year-old man who set the former President Mikheil Saakashvili library in Tbilisi on fire yesterday.
The man began a Facebook live feed before setting the site on fire, saying he had found the source of the spread of the coronavirus.
He also declared himself a ‘king’ in the feed.
The video has been released by Netgazeti.
According to preliminary reports, the first floor of the library was burnt.
The crime is punishable by three to five years in prison.
The library was founded back in 2013 and offers a collection of contemporary literature in policy studies, social sciences, architecture and urban studies.
The library also provides newly published books in the fields of political theory and policy analysis, international relations and regional studies, national security, law, history and sociology, amongst others.
5,334 crimes were registered in Georgia in January 2020, which is 400 cases fewer compared to the same period of the last year. 1,314 of the cases have been resolved, the Georgian Interior Ministry told IPN news agency.
Georgian and Ukrainian state security agencies have prevented the premediated murder of two individuals in Georgia by car bomb.
In the newest rankings by Global Finance Georgia takes 49th place among 128 countries with a safety index score of 9.68. With this result, Georgia is the safest country in the region.
According to statistics, a total of 35,997 crimes were reported in the country during 2016. Of these, 20,661 or 57.4 percent have been solved.