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TBILISI, DFWatch–“I acknowledge that based on me as a source, government bodies reported this information and it was considered that there was no longer a threat. It is all my fault,” says the director of Tbilisi Zoo after an escaped tiger killed a man Wednesday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s interior minister said Wednesday that the number of flood victims is 17, while five people are missing.
A man found dead in the river Khrami yesterday was not a victim of the June 14 flood, he Vakhtang Gomelauri said.
Two persons were found dead
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man was killed by a white tiger in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The animal attacked the man at Laguna Vere, a few hundred meters from Tbilisi Zoo, which was destroyed in a flood June 14. A witness told DF Watch that a tiger attacked a person, who was seriously injured. The victim was taken … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli on Monday finally signed a procurement deal with a company in France which is meant to bolster Georgia’s air defenses.
The content of the agreement is secret.
Signing the document in France on June 15, she said the treaty
TBILISI, DFWatch–The disaster in Tbilisi has made the government bring up a plan to relocate the zoo outside the city center, to an area by Tbilisi Sea, the largest body of water near the Georgian capital. The flood shortly after midnight June 14 killed more than 50 percent of the zoo’s animals, including bears, tigers … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of victims of the flood in Tbilisi increased to 19 Tuesday evening, the Security and Crisis Management Council confirmed. 17 have been identified, while two are in the process of being identified.
One of the bodies was found in Mziuri Park, while the other
TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the most recent data from the Security and Crisis Management Council, 17 people died during flood Sunday morning, while 6 are still missing.
Sixteen of the victims have been identified so far. The two last victims were found Tuesday in Mziuri park
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of flood victims has increased to 13, according to the emergency service department of the Interior Ministry.
Department head Zviad Katsashvili told journalists that 13th victim was discovered about an hour before.
“We are now looking for the nine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Large holes appeared on two of Tbilisi’s main streets Sunday, sparking fear that the heavy rain and flood may have destabilized the soil under the city.
The holes were first spotted Sunday evening on Melikishvili Street, which lies on a hill above Heroes
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian police on Sunday carried out a special operation in Pankisi, a valley in the northeast of the country mostly inhabited by Kists, who are ethnic Chechens. Omar Al-Shishani, or Tarkhan Batirashvili, one of the field commanders of ISIS, was born and raised in Pankisi. He left for Syria a few years ago to … Read more