The State Security Service of Georgia seized a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and explosives intended for a sabotage operation on election day, Saturday, said Lasha Magradze, the first deputy head of the SSS, during a briefing.
The seized weapons intended for the sabotage operation were purchased on the instructions of the Georgian representative of one of the Ukrainian military units, according to the State Security Service of Georgia.
Georgia held local elections in 64 municipalities and districts across the country on Saturday. The ruling Georgian Dream party received 81.6% of the vote nationwide, and mayoral candidates from the party also won in all self-governing cities.
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Georgia’s prime minister has said protesters who tried storming the presidential palace were trying to overthrow the government, and he has accused the European Union of meddling in his country’s politics.
ReplyDeleteIrakli Kobakhidze said on Sunday that opposition demonstrators aimed to “overthrow the constitutional order” and added that EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, whom he accused of supporting the rally, bore “special responsibility.”
Kobakhidze called on Herczynski to “distance himself and strictly condemn everything that is happening on the streets of Tbilisi”, the Georgian news agency Interpress reported.
Georgia’s law enforcement agencies have seized a large amount of weapons that were supposed to be used during upheavals on October 4 from a cache found near Tbilisi, first deputy chief of Georgia’s State Security Service Lasha Magradze said.
ReplyDelete"On the basis of intel information, the State Security Service found a large quantity of firearms, munitions, explosives, and detonators. According to investigators, Georgian citizen B.Ch., acting on orders from a Georgian representative of an armed unit operating in Ukraine, purchased a great quantity of firearms, which is proved by a lot of evidence," he said.
"According to intel information, acts of sabotage with the use of the above-mentioned weapons were supposed to be stages along with massive violence and the attempted seizure of the presidential residence in Tbilisi on October 4," he said, adding that security officers "neutralized a number of individuals who presumably were to bring munitions and explosives to downtown Tbilisi."
Fuerzas del orden de Georgia incautan armas y explosivos destinados a actos de sabotaje durante las elecciones
ReplyDeleteUna "gran cantidad" de armas y explosivos con detonadores fue adquirida por instrucciones de un miembro de una de las formaciones militares georgianas que actúan en Ucrania, declaró el subdirector del Servicio de Seguridad del Estado de Georgia, Lasha Magradze.
De acuerdo con el funcionario, además de la violencia colectiva y los intentos de asalto al palacio presidencial organizados en Tiflis el 4 de octubre, "se iban a llevar a cabo actos de sabotaje".
Las fuerzas del orden neutralizaron a las personas que debían llevar armas y explosivos al centro de Tiflis. Uno de los sospechosos ya ha sido detenido y el otro está en búsqueda y captura, agregó.