Investigation launched on alleged murders in north-western Georgian village
Two people were reportedly killed and one injured following a dispute in the village of Etseri, in the mountainous Svaneti region. Photo: MIA of Georgia
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation after local media reported alleged murders in north-western Georgia’s Mestia municipality on Monday.
Two people were reportedly killed and one injured following a dispute in the village of Etseri, in the mountainous Svaneti region.
The Ministry told InterPressNews investigators were considering qualifying the incident as intentional killing under aggravating circumstances.
It also said law enforcement officers were present in the locality for conducting “active investigative actions”.
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 Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday filed charges against a doctor of a clinic in the country’s southern Akhaltsikhe municipality whose alleged neglect of duties led to the death of a nurse in the facility last year after she received a Covid vaccine.
The Special Investigation Service of Georgia on Wednesday said it had arrested seven individuals for obtaining and releasing intimate data of victims, including a minor, and blackmailing their targets.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Sunday said it had brought charges against one person for the premeditated murder of a man and his wife in Tbilisi.
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 Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had filed charges against two individuals for “premeditated murder” of a vendor at Tbilisi’s Lilo Mall in the summer.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday said it had filed charges against a foreign citizen for coercion and attempted premeditated murder of his wife and two other individuals in Tbilisi.