PanARMENIAN.Net
Armenians of Tsalka Hold Protest Action
10.03.2006 22:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The killing of 23-year-old Gevorg
Gevorgyan in Tsalka aggravated the situation in the
region. The roads leading from Tsalka to Armenian
villages are blocked by Georgian military. On March 9
evening the police detained three suspects, who are
being interrogated at present. Over 300 residents of
Tsalka gathered today at the police building to hold a
protest action. They demand a fair punishment for the
murderers and broke some windows. The policemen
batoned the protesting Armenians. According to
Georgian parliament member Hayk Meltonyan, some 100
ralliers were beaten, reports A-info agency.
To remind, On March 9, at about 06:00 p.m. local time,
in the city of Tsalka (regional center of Kvemo-Kartli
Region, Georgia) an armed attack was held against a
group of young ethnic Armenians. The attack was
committed in the city’s center, when the company
departed from a restaurant. When they were getting
into a car, unidentified people suddenly attacked
them, dragged out of the car and started beating them.
As witnesses and one of the victims said, there were
about 15 attackers, some of them armed with cold
steel. As a result of the attack, 23-year-old Gevorg
Gevorkyan was injured with a knife and died at the
scene. V. Saakyan, aged 25, was wounded in the leg.
25-year old K. Baloyan seven hours later was delivered
to hospital in Tbilisi with a severe wound. After the
attack the criminals escaped.