The Gori District Court fully shared the position of the prosecution and ordered pre-trial detention for 5 people, including one minor, accused of attacking police officers in the village of Kheltubani.

According to the prosecutor, there was a risk of the accused absconding, influencing witnesses, and committing new crimes.

“The court considered the issue of imposing a preventive measure on all five defendants. The prosecution’s motion was granted.

There was a risk of all five defendants absconding, influencing witnesses, and committing new crimes. Based on the above and the factual circumstances of the case, the court fully shared the position of the prosecutor’s office.

As for the evidence, there is sufficient evidence, video recordings have been seized, persons present at the scene have been interviewed, and it is clear that there was a factual basis for applying the pre-trial detention.

As for the charges, two defendants, including one minor, are charged with attempting to kill a police officer, and three defendants are charged with resisting the police by using violence and threats of violence," said Prosecutor Otar Khorguashvili.

According to the prosecutor, during the confrontation, in order to repel aggression and attack, the police fired into the air within the framework of the law.

"One of the accused tried to kill a police officer with an axe. The police officer used a weapon within the framework of the law, namely, fired a shot in the air, as a result of which no one was injured. The shot was only a warning shot, aimed at repelling aggression and attack.

The resistance was quite active, aggressive, and it became necessary for other police officers to arrive at the scene, and it was against them that the attempt to kill was made.

As for the minor accused, we have an appropriate normative base in Georgia, which provides for different sanctions and approaches, and naturally, the investigation and justice process against the minor are underway within this framework," the prosecutor said.