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Georgian president meets survivors of murdered Armenian family
18:09 - 19.11.11
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has met the relatives of the
Minasyan family three of whom had 17 years ago been murdered by
Georgians citizens.
According to Georgian media, Saakashvili said that `he was sure that
justice would prevail' in the case.
`What happened years ago was a tragedy: members of your family were
killed. But justice won. This was the first court case with an
attending jury,' said Saakashvili.
`We were very concerned about it, and I think it was extremely
necessary that this process had a fair solution,' added the Georgian
president.
The murder took place in January 1994 when three ethnic Georgians
killed three members of the Georgian-Armenian family of Minasyans and
wounded two more.
First, the gangs kidnapped Minasyan's son, Vazgen, and demanded a
$15,000 ransom. Having received it, they decided to kill them in an
attempt to hide the fact of kidnapping.
Mikheil Saakashvili further said that though two of the jury members
were against the verdict, the majority of them found the defendant
guilty.
It comes after a Tbilisi court found one of the perpetrators named
Revaz Demetrashvili guilty in the case, giving him a 17-year sentence
in prison.
`It refers to justice, and those people who treated your family
members with that much of cruelty, must not evade punishment,' said
Saakashvili.
`Most of them are not alive any more, while the rest has already been
sentenced. That means that justice always wins. Justice is with you,
and I was sure in that,' explained he.
Tert.am
18:09 - 19.11.11
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has met the relatives of the
Minasyan family three of whom had 17 years ago been murdered by
Georgians citizens.
According to Georgian media, Saakashvili said that `he was sure that
justice would prevail' in the case.
`What happened years ago was a tragedy: members of your family were
killed. But justice won. This was the first court case with an
attending jury,' said Saakashvili.
`We were very concerned about it, and I think it was extremely
necessary that this process had a fair solution,' added the Georgian
president.
The murder took place in January 1994 when three ethnic Georgians
killed three members of the Georgian-Armenian family of Minasyans and
wounded two more.
First, the gangs kidnapped Minasyan's son, Vazgen, and demanded a
$15,000 ransom. Having received it, they decided to kill them in an
attempt to hide the fact of kidnapping.
Mikheil Saakashvili further said that though two of the jury members
were against the verdict, the majority of them found the defendant
guilty.
It comes after a Tbilisi court found one of the perpetrators named
Revaz Demetrashvili guilty in the case, giving him a 17-year sentence
in prison.
`It refers to justice, and those people who treated your family
members with that much of cruelty, must not evade punishment,' said
Saakashvili.
`Most of them are not alive any more, while the rest has already been
sentenced. That means that justice always wins. Justice is with you,
and I was sure in that,' explained he.
Tert.am