Police detain 2 for premeditated murder, 5 for kidnapping
Two individuals may face 13 to 17 years in prison, while the other five - seven to ten years in prison. Photo: Shot from Interior Ministry video
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Georgian police have detained two individuals for premeditated murder in the Ambrolauri municipality today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported that the individuals, identified only as V. S. and I. K. and born in 2001, killed an individual identified as L. A. and born in 1990.
The crime is punishable by 13 to 17 years in prison. Both detainees admit the crime.
Meanwhile, five others were detained in the Black Sea municipality of Kobuleti for unlawful imprisonment and kidnapping of an individual from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
The crime is punishable by seven to ten years in prison.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported that the individual, identified only as T. Ch. and born in 1973, killed an individual identified as T.A. and born in 1967 close to the central railway station and tried to escape.
Five of 17 detainees in the high-profile case of the death of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili have been charged with premeditated murder.
Tbilisi City Court has sent three former Georgian law enforcement officials to prison today for the premeditated murder of two citizens in the notorious tennis court case of 2006.
A renewed investigation into the death of former Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia has been launched, with officials treating the case as premeditated murder.
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.