An attacker who has taken hostages in the building of a microfinance organization in Tbilisi has been detained in Tbilisi, reports ” Sputnik Georgia”.
The head of the patrol police of Tbilisi, Vazha Siradze, confirmed that all nine hostages were released, no one was injured.
Earlier it was reported that a certain Levan Z. was taken hostages. According to some reports, he was armed with a grenade. The attacker put forward demands: to ban gambling in Georgia, to reduce the interest rate on loans and the price of medicines. Judging by the video recording of his statement, he was drunk. Some time later, released six people.
A month ago, a criminal armed with an automatic rifle and a grenade burst into the branch of the Bank of Georgia in Zugdidi and took 43 people hostage. He received half a million dollars in ransom and went into hiding.