Office of Jehovah's Witnesses shelled in Tbilisi

In Tbilisi, the office of Jehovah's Witnesses was shelled. After the shelling, the facade of the building bears holes of 15 bullets. No one suffered as a result of the incident.

During the attack, the office of Jehovah's Witnesses, located in the residential district of Vazisubani, was empty. The incident occurred in the evening of November 24. Today, staff members of the organization have filed a complaint to the police, the "Interfax" reports.

The staff members of the office of Jehovah's Witnesses could not explain the reason for the attack on their office. A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the incident, the "Georgia Online" reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has repeatedly reported on the incidents associated with pressure on Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia. On October 17, 1999, in Tbilisi, Vasily Mkalavishvili, an unchurched priest, and his followers attacked members of Jehovah's Witnesses. The victims filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about violation of six articles of the European Convention, and in 2007, they won the lawsuit. On January 31, 2005, Vasily Mkalavishvili was sentenced by the Tbilisi District Court to six years of imprisonment. In 2007, the decision of the Rustavi District Court, official Paata Bluashvili was sentenced to six years of imprisonment for creating obstacles in the performance of a religious rite of Jehovah's Witnesses.

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