A young man has been shot dead in a car in the Avchala district of Tbilisi.

As InterPressNews was told by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the investigation is ongoing under the third and fourth parts of Article 236, which pertain to illegal purchase and possession of firearms and premeditated murder.

No other details have been provided by the agency.

As an InterpressNews journalist reports from the scene, expert criminologists are working on the spot. The street where the murder took place is blocked and the area is bordered with a yellow ribbon.