Archil Tatunashvili’s body handed over to Georgian side

21:35, 20.03.2018

The corpse of Archil Tatunashvili, Georgian citizen who died in occupied Tskhinvali region, has been handed over to the Georgian side at Ergneti checkpoint. Members of the Red Cross brought the body to the occupied line. Law enforcers and members of the government were present at site.

Information sources of occupied South Ossetia report that Archil Tatunashvili’s car was also handed over to the family together with the dead body. The body will be transferred to Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau for expertise and then to his house.

Kakha Kemoklidze, Deputy Head of Information-Analytical Department of State Security Service arrived in Tatunashvili’s home village Tsilkani earlier this afternoon and visited the deceased soldier’s family.

According to State Security Service of Georgia, on February 22, 2018, representatives of the occupied Tskhinvali region illegally detained the citizens of Georgia: Archil Tatunashvili, Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili. Archil Tatunashvili died in the hospital of occupied Tskhinvali region on February 23. Heart attack was named as the reason of death.

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