UPDATED: 12 individuals taken hostage by robber in Bank of Georgia Kutaisi branch
The Georgian interior ministry said twelve individuals have been taken hostage by an armed robber who broke into the Bank of Georgia branch in the country’s western city of Kutaisi and demanded a large amount of money. Photo: IPN.
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Updated: 13:40
Twelve individuals have been taken hostage by an armed robber who broke into the Bank of Georgia branch in the country’s western city of Kutaisi and demanded a large amount of money, the Georgian interior ministry said.
The state body noted law enforcement officers were taking “all necessary measures for [...] timely and safe release [of the hostages]”.
It also confirmed an investigation had been launched on articles of terrorism, hostage-taking for terrorist purposes, and illegal purchase, storage and carrying of ammunition.
Earlier: 12:55
Law enforcement have been mobilized around a Bank of Georgia branch in the country’s western city of Kutaisi as the interior ministry said an armed man had broken into the office.
The ministry said officers had cordoned off the branch located on Shota Rustaveli Avenue in the city.
Currently, law enforcement officers mobilised on the spot are taking all necessary and urgent measures, while investigative and operative activities are underway”, the state body noted.
The ministry also called on reporters to observe safety norms and follow police instructions around the location.
Law enforcement have been mobilised around a Bank of Georgia branch in the country’s western city of Kutaisi as the interior ministry said an armed man had broken into the office.
Georgian police officers have arrested an individual after an attempted armed robbery of a Bank of Georgia branch in the Black Sea city of Batumi earlier on Friday, Interpressnews has reported.
Police have arrested one individual after an attempted armed robbery of a Bank of Georgia branch in Tbilisi earlier today. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the detainee broke into the Bank of Georgia branch on Ketevan Tsamebuli avenue to rob the place but failed and tried to flee the scene.
A young man attempted to hold up a VTB Bank branch by entering the building through a ventilation duct on Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi yesterday. TV channel Rustavi 2 reported that the individual threatened bank employees with kerosene after which they left the building until police arrived, however Head of Communications of VTB Bank Shota Machavariani told Interpressnews (IPN) earlier today that the unknown man who entered the bank branch yesterday did not ask for money and did not threaten the staff.
The armed robber who broke into the Bank of Georgia branch in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi earlier on Tuesday has been arrested.
The armed robber who broke into the Bank of Georgia branch in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi earlier on Tuesday has been arrested.
Kakha Kaladze, the mayor of Tbilisi and the secretary general of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday hailed the professionalism of the special forces officers who successfully solved a hostage situation at the Bank of Georgia branch in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi on Tuesday.