A criminal case was initiated against three employees of the militia department, two of whom were arrested, for the murder of Temur Karbaia, a citizen of Georgia, in occupied Abkhazia, the “prosecutor’s office” of occupied Abkhazia reports.
The case against Albert Zarakua, Vianor Abshilava and Davit Kvekveskiri was initiated under two articles of the criminal law code – on charges of group intentional infliction of severe bodily harm and abuse of official authority using violence.
Based on the “prosecutor’s office” report, on December 6, 2023, policeman Davit Kvekveskiri brought drunken Karbaia to a police station in Gali, where he conducted an illegal search without witnesses.
“At the end of the search, Karbaia started using obscene words towards Kvekveskiri, as a result of which Kvekveskiri hit him. At the same time, Zarakua and Abshilava entered the department, who, together with Kvekveskiri, used physical violence against Karbaia by hitting different parts of his body, as a result of which Karbaia received injuries to the chest, four ribs were broken, and he had bruises on the upper and lower eyelids of his right eye”, the “prosecutor’s office” of occupied Abkhazia reports.
After the beating, Karbaia was taken to a temporary detention center without legal grounds, from which he was released on December 7.
Temur Karbaia died in a clinic on December 9.
According to the prosecutor’s office, on February 10, employees of the Gali department of the “ministry of internal affairs,” Zarakua and Abshilava, were arrested.
“Suspect Kvekveskiri D.B. did not show up, his whereabouts are unknown,” the so-called prosecutor’s office said.
