Friday, December 5, 2025

Man sentenced to life for murdering policeman

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Shalva Abuladze was found guilty of murdering a policeman and attempting to murder four other police officers. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A man in Georgia was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and trying to murder four other police officers.

According to Shalva Khachapuridze, a lawyer representing the murder convict Shalva Abuladze,

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Suspected police killer says he was pressured into confessing

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Shalva Abuladze in court on Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian man suspected of killing two policemen denies guilt after first having pleaded guilty.

Shalva Abuladze was booked for two encounters with police, one in January and the last one on April 4, which left two policemen dead and two wounded.

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Georgia arrests suspected police killer after nearly week-long manhunt

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The suspect in the murder of two policemen, who was subject to a search by not only the police, but also counterintelligence, was apprehended near his hometown in an abandoned house on Friday.

The Interior Ministry confirmed this on Friday.

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Manhunt on police murderer underway in Georgia

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The suspect (Prosecutor’s Office photo)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Law enforcement bodies in Georgia are engaged in a large-scale hunt for a man suspected of murdering one policeman and wounding several others.

On Sunday, the Prosecutor General’s Office released a photo of the suspect asking for the public’s assistance in locating him,

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