Salikh Kvaratskhelia
Salikh (Stanislav) Kvaratskhelia is the current First Mufti and Chairman of the . He was elected on 19 December 2011 during the Board's fourth congress, after the death of his predecessor .[1]
Assassination attempt[]
On 10 July 2010, when he was Imam of the , an attempt was made on Kvaratskhelia's life. Around 16:30, during an inspection near the Kelasur railway station on the Kodori road, a bomb was discovered attached to bottom of his VAZ-2107, which also contained three women and two children. The bomb was defused by employees of HALO Trust.[2][3]
On 12 June 2012, it became known that as part of the investigation of the perpetrators of the February 2012 assassination attempt on President Alexander Ankvab, police had also re-opened the case of Kvaratskhelia's attempted assassination.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Салих (Станислав) Кварацхелия избран председателем Духовного управления мусульман Абхазии". Apsnypress. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "10 июля была совершена попытка убийства имама Сухумской мечети Саалиха Кварацхелия – ДУМ РА". Apsnypress. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Who Is Targeting Abkhazia's Muslim Clergy?
- ^ "Судом продлен срок содержания под стражей до 6 месяцев обвиняемых Анзора Бутба, Алхаса Хутаба, Рамзи Хашига и Муртаза Сакания". Apsnypress. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
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