Levan Zurabashvili, who took hostages in a microfinance organization in Tbilisi, apologized to them and explained his act. This is stated in the attacker’s letter from remand prison .
“I apologize to the people in the building and their families who were stressed. I didn’t want to harm them. My only goal is for the government to start taking care of people. Protect our citizens from bank loans and high interest rates. . rates I’m fighting for this idea, and I will fight, wherever I was one for all and all for one “, -. wrote criminal p>.
Zurabishvili is now under arrest. A criminal case was initiated under the articles “Taking hostage of two or more people” and “Illegal possession and carrying of firearms”.
The incident occurred on November 20 in the capital of Georgia. A man armed with a grenade broke into the office of a microfinance organization in the afternoon and took 17 people hostage. The attacker put forward demands: to ban gambling in Georgia, to reduce the interest rate on loans and prices for medicines. Judging by the video recording of his statement, he was drunk.
After four hours of negotiations, the criminal released the hostages and surrendered . According to Sputnik Georgia, the grenade in Zurabashvili’s hands turned out to be a lighter.