Man arrested for killing his wife in Batumi

The employees of the Adjara Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, arrested Z.B., on charges of premeditated murder of a family member.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs disseminates information about the above.

"The crime is punishable by 16 to 20 years or life imprisonment.

The investigation established that the accused person stabbed his wife, I.B., born in 1987, in their home, and escaped. The wounded woman died immediately after being brought to the medical facility.

Police arrested the accused soon after the crime. Law enforcement officers seized the weapon of crime - a knife - as evidence", reads the information.