Leader of Georgian opposition movement gunned down in Tbilisi

TBILISI, Georgia: The leader of a Georgian opposition movement, Guram Sharadze, was gunned down Sunday evening on a street in a central part of the capital, Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said.

The ministry's press service did not give further details, but local television reports said the 67-year-old Sharadze was shot five times and died at the scene.

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read this http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/40637

The leader of Georgian Ena, Mamuli, Sartsmunoeba [Language, Homeland, Religion] party Guram Sharadze was shot dead on Meilikishvili Avenue this evening. According to witnesses the shooting took place in front of Aldagi Insurance building.

The nearby policeman who witnessed the murder chased and arrested the assasin named Giorgi Barateli.

The shooting is supposed to be archived by Aldagi Insurance survellance camera. The authorities have refused to comment on murder motive and other details.

According to Kronika, a news programme of Imedi TV & Radio Broadcasting Corporation, the accused murderer Giorgi Barateli used to work with Prof. Sharadze’s elder son at Audientsia Studio.

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A nationalist opposition leader in Georgia was shot dead Sunday in the ex-Soviet republic’s capital Tbilisi, a local television station reported.

Guram Sharadze, a former member of parliament and the leader of the “Faith, Motherland and Language” party, was shot five times, the Imedi television network reported.

Police detained a suspect in the killing, Georgi Barateli, not far from the scene, the network reported. Barateli, born in 1977, had previously worked with Sharadze’s son, who was killed several years ago, it said.

There was no information on a possible motive for the killing.

Sharadze, 67, was as an arch-conservative who had led protests against closer ties with the West. He was a staunch supporter of the Georgian Orthodox Church and was well-known for his vocal opposition to minority religious organizations, in particular Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Sunday’s killing follows the murder on April 19 of Guela Meladze, the leader of the small Mdzlelevi (Winner) opposition party, who was shot five times outside his apartment in Tbilisi.

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I’m befuddled by this statement. Are you saying there is or is not a conspiracy? If you would like to elaborate, I would be happy to read more. I read the articles and found them interesting.

It seems that opposition leadership in Georgia could be hazardous to one’s health.

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