Suspect in shooting that left four dead arrested, charged in Rustavi
Police arrested one individual for a shooting that left four people dead and one injured in “Istanbul market” of Rustavi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs Georgia on Friday said police had arrested one individual for a shooting that left four people dead and one injured in “Istanbul market” of Rustavi, a city south-east of capital Tbilisi.
The Ministry said one of the victims was an uncle of the detained person, and had been employed in the market.
Another of the targets of the arrested person was their cousin, and was taken to hospital for medical treatment.
The body said police had arrived at the site of the incident after the Emergency Service received a message on the shooting, and added officers were taking “all relevant measures” on the spot.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday said it had charged an individual for premeditated murder, intentional damage to health, coercion and threats, as well as illegal purchase and carrying of a firearm following an incident that left one dead in Tbilisi on Sunday.
The Georgian foreign office on Friday said the Belgian police had confirmed the killing of a Georgian transgender woman in the country.
Georgian police arrested one individual in Tbilisi on charges of preparation of premeditated murder of a family member for mercenary motives, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Saturday.
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.