Interior Ministry launches investigation into death of teenager in electrocution incident
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old following an incident in Tskneti, a holiday settlement on the outskirts of capital Tbilisi, on Tuesday. Photo: Interior Ministry
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old following an incident in Tskneti, a holiday settlement on the outskirts of capital Tbilisi, on Tuesday.
Local media reports said Datuna Zghenti, a young basketball player of Qari club, died after receiving electric shock in a gazebo in a local park, with the news also noting infrastructure works ongoing near the spot.
Vake district administration denied a connection between the development and the incident, noting the greening works were “at an early stage and with no connection to the gazebo in question”.
It also called the reports linking the two “completely false” and an “attempt to discredit Tbilisi Municipality”, and instead said while the exact cause would be confirmed by the investigation, an “electric device” had been identified to have been “illegally installed” in the gazebo.
The body said those who illegally performed this work would be identified during the course of the ongoing inquiry, which is running with the formal article of violations of safety rules during construction works.
The incident follows last year’s deadly electrocution of three teenagers in a newly renovated area in Tbilisi’s Vake Park that led to the death of a 13-year-old, and comes a day after eight of the nine individuals arrested following the case were sentenced by Tbilisi City Court.
Two individuals, including the former Head of Tbilisi City Hall’s Environmental Protection Service, were on Monday denied bail by Tbilisi City Court in the case that led to the death of a minor in an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park in October.
Eight of the nine individuals arrested following the electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s central Vake Park in October 2022 that killed a 13-year-old and injured two others were on Monday sentenced to prison on several charges.
President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on Thursday posthumously awarded Marita Meparishvili, the 13-year-old who died from injuries sustained in an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area in October, with the state Medal for Civic Dedication.
Giga Gigashvili, the head of the Tbilisi city hall environmental protection service, on Wednesday announced his resignation following the arrest of his deputy, along with eight others, on charges of professional neglect that claimed the life of one minor and injured two others in an electrocution incident in the city’s Vake Park last week.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Wednesday launched an investigation into the death of a minor in a swimming pool of the Dreamland Oasis Chakvi hotel in western Georgia’s Adjara region.
Three individuals died on Wednesday in a fatal hot air balloon crash near Asureti village in Georgia’s southern Tetritskaro municipality, including Imedi TV channel operator Misho Bidzinashvili and two pilots - Revaz Uturgauri and Polish Krzysztof Zapart.