Officers of the Batumi City Division of the Adjara Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrested a foreign national born in 1988, identified as M.S., on charges of attempted premeditated murder committed under aggravating circumstances against a family member. The information was released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The investigation established that in Batumi, the suspect inflicted stab wounds to the chest area of a man born in 1991, a foreign national identified as K.I., with whom she was in an unregistered marital relationship, using a knife.

“The injured man was taken to a medical facility to receive appropriate medical care.

Police arrested M.S. as the accused at the scene shortly after the incident.

Law enforcement officers seized the weapon used in the crime - a knife - as material evidence.

The investigation is being conducted under Article 19-109 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which carries a penalty of 16 to 20 years or life imprisonment,” the statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs reads.