Five individuals have been arrested in Georgia’s Muslim-populated Pankisi gorge, in the eastern Kakheti region of Georgia, on terrorism charges earlier today, the Georgian State Security Service has confirmed.
No more details have been released so far.
A local man Malkhaz Machalikashvili, whose son was killed in an anti-terrorism operation in Pankisi back in 2017, has told RFE/RL that four detainees are between 18-20 years old, while the remaining one is a 50-year-old man.
As far as I have seen nothing illegal has been confiscated from their homes,” Machalikashvili told the media outlet.
He stated that 'such arrests usually take place in election period.’