Georgia Says It Killed Suspect in 2016 Bombing at Istanbul Airport
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Georgia Says It Killed Suspect in 2016 Bombing at Istanbul Airport
1, 2017
TBILISI - A former Islamic State fighter suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 was killed during
a special operation in ex-Soviet Georgia last week, a spokeswoman for Georgia’s state security service said on Friday.
"It’s confirmed that one of those killed during the operation is Akhmed Chatayev," Nino
Giorgobiani, a spokeswoman for Georgia’s state security service, told a news briefing.
A veteran of Chechnya’s conflict with Moscow during which he lost an arm, he lived in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, a remote area populated
largely by people from the Kist community, ethnic Chechens whose ancestors came to mainly Christian Georgia in the 1800s.
Giorgobiani declined to name the two other armed men killed or disclose the identity of the
member of the group who was arrested, the group’s motives, or how they got to Georgia.
Chatayev was wounded and arrested in Georgia in August 2012 following a clash between the Georgian police
and a group of militants, who were allegedly trying to cross the Georgian-Russian border and move to Dagestan.
Giorgobiani said that The investigation is ongoing ... We continue to work with our international partners to identify the other two (armed men),
1, 2017
TBILISI - A former Islamic State fighter suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 was killed during
a special operation in ex-Soviet Georgia last week, a spokeswoman for Georgia’s state security service said on Friday.
"It’s confirmed that one of those killed during the operation is Akhmed Chatayev," Nino
Giorgobiani, a spokeswoman for Georgia’s state security service, told a news briefing.
A veteran of Chechnya’s conflict with Moscow during which he lost an arm, he lived in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge, a remote area populated
largely by people from the Kist community, ethnic Chechens whose ancestors came to mainly Christian Georgia in the 1800s.
Giorgobiani declined to name the two other armed men killed or disclose the identity of the
member of the group who was arrested, the group’s motives, or how they got to Georgia.
Chatayev was wounded and arrested in Georgia in August 2012 following a clash between the Georgian police
and a group of militants, who were allegedly trying to cross the Georgian-Russian border and move to Dagestan.
Giorgobiani said that The investigation is ongoing ... We continue to work with our international partners to identify the other two (armed men),