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| Tokhosashvili taken into custody | |
| 2022-12-11 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A court in Georgia has taken into custody a native of the Pankisi Gorge, Tsiskar Tokhosashvili,
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Caesar (Tsiskar) Tokhosashvili, a native of Pankisi, whom the security forces consider the deputy of the Amir of the Islamic State terrorist organization Abu Umar al-Shishani banned in Russia by the court, was detained in Kiev in December 2019 and extradited in May 2020 in Tbilisi. On December 8, the Georgian Security Service announced the detention of Tokhosashvili. Umar al-Shishani's deputy was detained in Kiev, where he lived in a private house, and placed under extradition arrest. A portrait examination confirmed that the detainee is one of the wanted leaders of the Islamic State*, the SBU reported in November 2019. Tsiskar Tokhosashvili, also known as Emir Isa, was taken into custody on December 9. This decision was taken by the court. He is accused of joining a terrorist organization and aiding terrorist activities. The court session was held behind closed doors, Tokhosashvili was brought to him under the escort of special forces, "Rustavi 2" reports (translated by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent). "Tsiskar Tokhosashvili disagrees with the charges against him and exercised his right to remain silent. As an alternative, we offered a bail of 10,000 lari (approximately 3,730 US dollars). Unfortunately, our petition was rejected by the court," the newspaper quotes the words lawyer Zurab Tomadze. The investigation believes that Tokhosashvili participated in various military operations conducted by the Islamic State. “The court shared the position of the prosecution that there were grounds for choosing the most severe measure of restraint against the accused,” prosecutor Maya Silagadze said. His brother, Tsezar Tokhosashvili, known in the Islamic State* as Al Bara Shishani, is already serving his sentence in Georgia. The Tokhosashvili brothers are from the village of Omalo in the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia, where ethnic Chechen-Kists live, Novosti Georgia reported today. | |
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