Georgian Interior Ministry forces will be deployed in the villages located across the administrative border between breakaway Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia, Governor of the Samegrelo region Gigi Ugulava said.
The decision was taken after at least 11 civilians were kidnapped from the Georgian village of Ganmukhuri on January 11, when an armed group, described by Georgian officials as ?Abkhaz criminals,? raided the village. Ganmukhuri is located in the Zugdidi district of the Samegrelo region, at the administrative border with Abkhazia.
?Police checkpoints will be installed in every village located across the Enguri river [which divides breakaway Abkhazia from the rest of Georgia]. Police are ordered to open fire and liquidate any assailant in cases of disobedience towards the law enforcers,? Gigi Ugulava told reporters.