Irakli Kobakhidze on Bacho Akhalaia’s arrest - There was an attempt to overthrow a government on October 4, it failed, but the crime remains, therefore all the perpetrators must be identified - the investigation must be completed and that is what the State Security Service is doing
If a crime has been committed, the investigation of this crime must be completed, and this is what the State Security Service is doing today, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists in response to a question regarding the detention of Bacho Akhalaia.
As for the statements of Akhalaia's family members, according to the head of government, the protection of the accused is the business of family members and lawyers.
"In reality, we cannot blame the family members and lawyers, protecting the accused is their business and naturally, they will continue to do so. It is difficult to comment on this. The main thing is one thing - if a crime has been committed, the investigation of this crime must be completed, and this is what the State Security Service is doing today," - Irakli Kobakhidze said.
According to him, all the perpetrators must be identified, and this is exactly what the briefing held at the State Security Service was related to.
"Let's wait for the investigation. Everyone knows very well what happened on October 4. There was an announced attempt to overthrow. This attempt failed, the crime remained a crime. All the perpetrators must be identified. This is exactly what the briefing held at the State Security Service was related to," Irakli Kobakhidze said.
For information, yesterday, the State Security Service has detained former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia. According to the Service, Bacho Akhalaia was the main organizer of the October 4 events in Georgia. The State Security Service explained that he directed the events through an Internet application and communicated with the already arrested organizers. According to the Service, from 9:00 PM on September 28 until their detention, numerous telephone Internet communications took place via Internet applications - a total of 343 Internet sessions were recorded, including 157 with Murtaz Zodelava, 110 with Paata Burchuladze, 29 with Paata Manjgaladze, 26 with Lasha Beridze, and 21 with Irakli Nadiradze. According to the Service, the last connection on October 4 was made by Murtaz Zodelava to the IP address registered in the name of Anna Nadareishvili "9 minutes before Paata Burchuladze's violent speech", which provides a solid basis for drawing the appropriate conclusion..
