TBILISI: Ombudsman Urges Police Of Tsalka Region To Activate Work

Prime News Agency, Georgia
March 11 2006

Ombudsman Urges Police Of Tsalka Region To Activate Work

Tbilisi. March 11 (Prime-News) – Sozar Subari, Public Defender of
Georgia, urges law enforcement bodies of Tsalka region to activate
work owing to recent events.

Sozar Subari stated at the briefing on Saturday that a quarrel
between Georgian and Armenian citizens of Georgia occurred in Tsalka
on March 09, which ended with death of Armenian citizen and injury of
four people.

Representatives of Ombudsman’s office arrived in Tsalka on March 10
to get familiar with situation on the spot.

It turned out that the quarrel happened because of life conditions
and not on ethnic base.

Police detained several suspects on the same day.

Armenian population of Tsalka held a protest action outside the
building of local administration.

About 300 people gathered outside the Police building demanding
punishment of all guilty by Lunch law.

About 200 people entered administrative building, raided studies and
burned down documentation.

Sozar Subari stated that the Lynch law is not civil method.

Sozar Subari appealed to everybody to refrain from any groundless
statements and allow law enforcement bodies to investigate the case.