Armed man attacks Bank of Georgia branch in Tbilisi, takes hostages
Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) reports that police officers have taken several individuals out of the building, though it is unknown yet whether they were hostages or other citizens. Photo: Irakli Gedenidze/Georgian Public Broadcaster.
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An armed man has attacked a Bank of Georgia branch and has taken hostages near Avlabari Metro Station in Tbilisi today.
The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) reports that police officers have taken several individuals out of the building, though it is unknown yet whether they were hostages or other citizens.
Law enforcers have taken several individuals out of the building of the Bank of Georgia. Photo: Irakli Gedenidze/Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Ambulance teams and law enforcers are mobilised on the spot.
Additional details will follow as developments unfold.
A Bank of Georgia branch in Digomi, Tbilisi was robbed earlier today.
Police confirm that all nine hostages in central Tbilisi, employees of microcredit company MBC, have been freed after negotiations with the attacker. The attacker, who announced three demands, has been arrested.
The Georgian Interior Ministry released a statement early in the morning, saying that following the special police operation in Samegrelo region, 'all hostages have been released and their lives and health are no longer in danger.' Irakli Kvaratskhelia, one of the hostages of the armed attacker in the Bank of Georgia branch in the western Georgian city of Zugdidi, had reported earlier that the attacker received money and left the building with three hostages.
A Bank of Georgia branch in the west Georgian city of Zugdidi has been taken hostage by robbers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that police officers have detained the bank attacker, Nikoloz Tsurtsumia (born in 1993) and have released seven hostages.
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