Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said she was “profoundly outraged by the Russian occupying forces’ fatal shooting of a Georgian citizen during an unlawful arrest.
In her statement, The President went on to say that “This blatant attack on Georgian statehood once again exposes the true nature of the ‘coreligionist brother.’”
“I urgently call on the international community to unequivocally condemn Russia’s actions, which have blatantly and shamelessly violated all international norms,” she stated.
Profoundly outraged by the Russian occupying forces' fatal shooting of a Georgian citizen during an unlawful arrest
This blatant attack on Georgian statehood once again exposes the true nature of the ‘coreligionist brother’
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 6, 2023
The Ministry of Internal Affairs launched an investigation under Articles 109 and 143 of the Criminal Code of Georgia (referring to premeditated murder and illegal restriction of freedom) regarding the kidnapping of an individual and murder of a Georgian citizen near the Kirbali village, Gori municipality as a result of shooting from the side of the representative of the Russian occupation forces.
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