“No confirmation” by Belgian police on killing of Georgian citizen - Georgian MFA
The response follows reports by some Georgian outlets who on Thursday said Lisa Kistauri, a resident in the northern city of Antwerp, had been killed through torture. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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The Georgian foreign office on Friday said Belgian police had not confirmed the killing of a Georgian transgender woman in the country, following media reports of the alleged crime.
The response follows reports by some Georgian outlets who on Thursday said Lisa Kistauri, a resident in the northern city of Antwerp, had been killed through torture.
The information has not been confirmed by Kistauri’s family, with the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics also urging local media to refrain from releasing unverified information due to “no official source” confirming the incident.
The Ministry also told Agenda.ge it was “in constant contact” with Belgian police over the matter.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation after local media reported alleged murders in north-western Georgia’s Mestia municipality on Monday.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Thursday confirmed it had launched an investigation following reports of assault on Vano Merabishvili, one of the most influential figures of the previous United National Movement Government who served as the country’s Interior Minister for almost eight years.
Two suspects have been arrested and charged with a shooting incident that left two people dead and one injured in north-western Georgia’s Svaneti region on Sunday.
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia on Saturday announced the Tbilisi City Court had found 13 people guilty of "premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances" in the vicinity of the former public swimming pool Laguna Vere in the capital city of Tbilisi and of not reporting the crime.
The Georgian foreign office on Friday said the Belgian police had confirmed the killing of a Georgian transgender woman in the country.