11-year-old Commits Suicide, Relatives Blame Abusive Father

Law enforcers on Tuesday arrested F.A., born in 1971 in Imereti, on charges of leading his son to suicide. 

The Ministry of Internal Affairs said in its statement: “The investigation has hitherto established that in one of the villages of Terjola municipality, on August 23 of the current year, A.A., born in 2009, died in his own house. Investigation has revealed that the accused had systematically abused his child, which allegedly led to the juvenile’s suicide.”

Relatives of the deceased child say he suffered continuous abuse by his father.

The investigation is ongoing under the first part of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which concerns incitement to suicide with intimidation or cruel treatment of the victim.

The offense envisages imprisonment for a term of 2 to 4 years.

By Ana Dumbadze