Policeman’s wife shot in the head, case investigated as suicide attempt

Kutaisi central hospital. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A policeman’s wife is in hospital in Kutaisi, fighting for her life after being shot in the head with her husband’s gun Thursday evening. Authorities are investigating the case as a suicide attempt.

Early media reports indicated that the policeman had stabbed his wife with knife.

She was brought to the Interventional Medical Center with serious injuries. According to doctors, she is in the intensive care unit in a serious condition.

The Prosecutor’s Office for Western Georgia took charge of the investigation, not the police, since the shot was fired from the policeman’s gun, the office said.

The case is being investigated as a suicide attempt, under article 115 the of Criminal Code, which is about bringing someone to the point of suicide.

No one has been arrested in the case.