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Deputy interior minister says bank attacker “not acting employee” of security police
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said on Tuesday that arrested attacker of the Bank of Georgia Kutaisi branch in western Georgia, Grigol Narsia, 37, “is not an acting employee” of the security police of the ministry, refus...
Interior minister arrives in Kutaisi as armed robber still in a bank with hostages
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Vakhtang Gomelauri, on Tuesday arrived in western city of Kutaisi, as an armed robber, demanding two million dollars, a helicopter, a Russian flag and a fishing rod, remains in the Bank of Georgia branch w...
Bank robber demands $2mln, mini-bus, helicopter, Russian flag, fishing rod
An armed robber, who broke into the Bank of Georgia Kutaisi branch in western Georgia, with 12 taken as hostage, has demanded two million dollars, mini bus, to leave the building, a helicopter at the old airport of Kutaisi, a Russian flag and a fishi...
12 taken hostage by armed robber in Kutaisi Bank of Georgia branch
Twelve individuals have been taken hostage by an armed robber in the Bank of Georgia Kutaisi branch in western Georgia, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The robber broke into the bank building on Shota Rustaveli Avenue in Kutaisi earlier on T...
Armed man breaks in Kutaisi Bank of Georgia branch
Employees of relevant units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are mobilized near the bank located on Shota Rustaveli Avenue in Kutaisi, western Georgia, as an armed person broke into the Bank of Georgia branch, the Georgian Interior Ministry said o...
Georgian chess legend Gaprindashvili’s lawsuit against Netflix ends with mediation – lawyers
The lawyers of Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili said on Wednesday that the latter’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix for the Queen’s Gambit series has ended with mediation, refusing to disclose additional details. Gaprindashvili’s lawyer...
Georgian citizen kills two in Turkey, including his wife, before committing suicidde
A currently unidentified Georgian citizen has killed his wife, another individual who was also Georgian citizen, and then suicided in Turkey earlier this week, the Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday. The Turkish media claimed that the man co...
28-year-old inmate inflicting injury on his head, dies
A 28-year-old prisoner Guram Svanidze, who allegedly ambushed a Penitentiary Service employee last week while in the Mental Health and Drug Addiction Prevention Centre in the Georgian capital and inflicted injury on his head, died on Thursday in a cl...
Interior Ministry dismisses opposition allegations on “unlawful” arrest of its member
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday dismissed the allegations of the United National Movement opposition party on the “unlawful arrest” of its member Artur Mkoyan in Akhalkalaki municipality of southern Georgia. The ministry released a video...
3 arrested for purchase, storage of radioactive substances, attempting to sell it for $1.2mln
Three persons were arrested on Tuesday for illegal purchase and storage of radioactive substances and attempting to sell it for 1.2 million USD, the Georgian State Security Service said on Thursday. The agency said that a group of individuals in t...
