23-year-old arrested for stabbing Thai transgender woman in Tbilisi

Georgian police have arrested 23-year-old man for stabbing a 38-year-old Thai transgender woman in one of the massage centres in central Tbilisi on Sunday and for  injuring another transgender woman in the same centre. 

The detainee, who is allegedly a citizen of Georgia, has been charged with premeditated murder and may face 7 to 15 years in prsion if found guilty. The massage centre employees say that the citizen of Thailand arrived in Georgia two weeks ago.

They said that three individuals came to the centre on October 31 and left after some time.  However, one of them, who allegedly was denied to receive a particular service, returned with a knife and stabbed two employees of the centre.  

The health condition of another injured transgender woman is stable.