The Republic of South Ossetia MIA is continuing the negotiations on releasing of peaceful citizens detained by Georgia on 20 July evening. This was stated by RSO Minister of Internal Affairs Mikhail Mindzaev.
«Presently we are negotiating with Georgian side on releasing of innocent people. But Goginashvili will not be released until inquiry is over»-said Mindzaev.
Teimuraz Goginashvili, born in 1952-Georgian, citizen of RSO, was detained by RSO MIA on suspicion of series of murders with aggravating circumstances.
According to RSO MIA Head Georgian power structures responded by capture of four Ossetian hostages.
«Georgian side has put in claims to release Goginashvili, otherwise the hostages will be tortured every hour and not released until Goginashvili is free. To set free the criminal who was killing people beastly with the blow lamp they captured peaceful citizens and threaten them with brute force».
Besides that RSO Internal Minister informed that the Georgian side threatens with putting stealthily drags to prisoners.
«They connected directly with our servicemen and claimed that the captured Ossetian will not be released until Goginashvili is free. When we asked them what are the grounds for detention they answered it is not difficult to find a pretext. We can put drags in their pockets and no one can prove it is not a garbling»-said Mindzaev.
The fact of RSO citizens detention was confirmed also by the monitoring of Joint Peacekeeping Forces in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone.
«At the local police station of Georgian village Eredvi JPKF military observers and OSCE Mission representatives confirmed the detention of South Ossetian citizens by Gori police servicemen. The cause of detention was not ventilated. Presently the details of detention are investigated»-reported to IA «Res» correspondent assistant of JPKF Commander on links with media Vladimir Ivanov.
