Foreign citizens in Batumi charged with murder, failure to report crime
The Georgian prosecutor general’s office has charged four Turkish citizens for murder, illegal possession of firearms and failure to report crime in the Black Sea city of Batumi. Photo: pog.gov.ge.
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The Georgian prosecutor general’s office has charged a Turkish citizen for murder and illegal possession of firearms, while three others face the charge of failure in reporting an assault committed in the Black Sea city of Batumi this week, the state body announced on Friday.
The office said the assailant had shot one Georgian and several Turkish citizens in a restaurant in the city “with the motive of revenge” before fleeing the scene on Tuesday.
One of the Turkish citizens shot in the incident died shortly after being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Three witnesses of the murder scene, also citizens of Turkey, failed to report the crime to the police, the agency added.
The assailant has been charged for attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms, while the other three have been charged for failure to report the crime.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged a Turkish businessman for illegal purchase and possession of “especially large amounts” of drugs in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi, the Office said on Thursday.
Police arrested two individuals for assaulting a police officer and failure to report the crime earlier today on Shuamta Street in the Varketili district of the capital of Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested two citizens of Turkey for illegally crossing the border near Sarpi, Adjara.
A person sought by intergovernmental police organisation Interpol has been arrested by Georgian police and is undergoing preliminary procedures for extradition to Turkey, where they are wanted for charges of murder.
Following an explosion on Saturday at the corner of Kutateladze and Lagidze streets in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, Georgian police arrested a previously convicted person for the attempted murder of two or more people, as well as the illegal purchase and possession of ammunition, explosive substances or explosive devices.