Georgian citizen, 43-year-old Temur Karbaia, was beaten to death in Gali by three occupation forces (the so-called “Militia”), representatives of occupied Abkhazia. The information was first published on Facebook on December 9 by the movement “For Abkhazia”. The Special Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) confirmed the killing to the Public Broadcaster of Georgia.
Based on the latest information, the representatives of the occupation regime stopped Karbaia to check his documents in the center of the town of Gali and started insulting and beating him. He was later taken to hospital, but due to the severity of his injuries, doctors could not save him.
“This is another victim of the occupation regime. According to our information, the “Militia” arrested this person, beat him severely, and later, when they realized that he was on the verge of death, they tried to save him and took him to Sokhumi, but unfortunately he died,” says Nukri Nodia, a member of the movement “For Abkhazia”.
“In connection with the mentioned incident, the “hot line” was activated with the participation of the monitoring mission of the European Union”, stated the SSSG. The Special Security Service said the occupying forces don’t confirm that the killing took place during the occupying forces’ attempt to illegally detain Karbaia.
The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili addressed the incident on Twitter, stating that it “is a tragic reminder of the blatant violations of elementary Human rights in the territories occupied by Russia.”
Commenting on the killing, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, said: “Today [December 10], on Human Rights Protection Day, it is particularly important to look at the occupation from the perspective that it means not only violation of Georgia’s territorial integrity, but first and foremost trampling on human rights in the occupied territories. My condolences to his family. This has shown us once again how important it is to end the occupation as soon as possible.”
This is the second murder of a Georgian citizen by occupation forces in recent months. In November, a Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi was shot several times and killed by the Russian occupation forces in Tskhinvali region (“South Ossetia”).
