Georgian PM sends condolences after retired veteran kills 5 in country’s east
The Georgian PM said he was “deeply saddened” by the deadly shooting, leaving six dead in the city of Sagarejo on Friday. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday offered his condolences to families and relatives of the five people who were killed after a retired military veteran opened fire in the country’s eastern Kakheti region earlier today before committing suicide.
The shooting, in the city of Sagarejo, also saw five other people injured, before police stormed the shooter’s flat and he committed suicide.
Among those killed is Otar Gvinashvili, a 38-year-old police officer who reportedly used his body to shield another person during the shooting.
I express my sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased people, their relatives, as well as colleagues of the hero policeman and the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs.
I wish those injured in the attack a speedy recovery”, said the head of the Government.
The 49-year-old shooter, who had served in the country’s Defence Forces between 2006 and 2021, including in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, shot the victims from balconies of a flat.
Neighbours told local media he had rented his flat and was reportedly undergoing treatment for psychological problems.
The police investigation into the incident is looking into the shooting with the articles of premeditated murder and illegal possession and keeping of firearms.
A retired military veteran killed five individuals, including a police officer, and injured another five in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region before committing suicide, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Georgian officials have sent their condolences over the deadly shooting incident in the eastern Kakheti region early on Friday that left six dead and five injured.
Mamuka Otiashvili, the Director of Geo Hospitals Sagarejo Multiprofile Medical Centre on Saturday said two individuals, out of three wounded, were receiving medical treatment in the surgical department in the hospital and were in stable condition, and one remained on a breathing apparatus in the intensive care unit, after the deadly shooting incident in the eastern Kakheti region early on Friday that left six dead and five injured.
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