Georgian citizen released by Russian occupation forces recounts details of killing of fellow national
Dotiashvili added Ginturi had been hit in his back during the shooting, before he was pronounced dead in the incident that saw an outcry by Georgian officials and international partners of the country. Photo: SSS of Georgia
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Levan Dotiashvili, a Georgian citizen who was released on Thursday after being illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia following an incident that led to the killing of Tamaz Ginturi, another national of the country, on Friday recounted details of the incident.
Dotiashvili told the local media the de facto authorities in the territory of central Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region had shot at a car carrying the two citizens from a vehicle.
“Many shots were fired. After the shooting, seven [Russian] soldiers came out after five to six minutes, and took me in the direction of the forest”, Dotiashvili said.
In his comments over the accident, Dotiashvili said he was physically assaulted while being illegally arrested by the Russian occupation forces.
They were shooting [purposefully] at us from the car - first they shot at the tires and then there was targeted shooting. We were sitting in the car, [and] maybe they called at us not to move, [but] at least we did not hear it. A lot of shots were fired”, he noted.
Dotiashvili added Ginturi had been hit in his back during the shooting, before he was pronounced dead in the incident that saw an outcry by Georgian officials and international partners of the country.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze on Friday said the domestic authorities were doing “their best” to identify the persons who had committed “this heinous crime”.
A Georgian citizen Levan Dotiashvili illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia was released on Thursday, following an incident which saw the killing of the country’s national Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday.
The European Union Monitoring Mission on Monday expressed its concern and condemned “in the strongest terms the use of force in any form” after a Georgian citizen died following an illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday called on the international community to make an “appropriate assessment and response” to the death of a Georgian citizen following an illegal arrest attempt by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
A Georgian citizen has died following an attempt of illegal arrest by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia, with another Georgian national detained, the State Security Service said on Monday.
Mikheil Shakulashvili, the State Representative in the central Shida Kartli region, on Saturday said identifying and punishing individuals responsible for the killing of a Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday, was a “priority of the state”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said “any talks” on demarcation or delimitation of “borders” between the Government and de facto authorities of the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions were “absolutely ruled out”.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia in May was released on Wednesday, the State Security Service said.
The United States Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday said the killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi by Russian-controlled occupation forces earlier this month was a “reminder on how Russia’s continued occupation of Georgia’s territory impacts the people of Georgia”.
Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani on Tuesday said the Government’s “peaceful” conflict resolution policy on the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of the country aimed to eliminate conflict and the “negative attitudes purposefully formed” between communities divided by occupation.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally detained a Georgian citizen near the village of Akhmaji, adjacent to the country’s occupied central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian State Security Service said on Monday.