The Georgian Interior Ministry has solved the case concerning the incident at the gas station of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in Tbilisi.
Previously convicted Zurab U., born 1993, has been detained on a charge of inflicting bodily harm as a result of the operational and investigative activities, the press-service of the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
“The investigation revealed that during a verbal skirmish at the SOCAR gas station located on Guramishvili Avenue on March 23, the detained injured the leg of the operator Zurab A., born 1991, with a blade and manager Jafar A., born 1983, after which he fled the scene,” News-Georgia cited the message of the Ministry.
The police detained Zurab U. after hot pursuit down Guramishvili Avenue a few minutes after the incident. A knife, thought to have been used in the crime, was seized as material evidence.
As Vestnik Kavkaza reported, witnesses said several people attacked the gas station. The injured were hospitalized.
