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ISIS warrior Tsezar Tokhosashvili was arrested in Ukraine

November 21, 2019
 
Reginfo.ge 

Under the charge of terrorist organization membership, citizen of Georgia Tsezar Tokhosashvili, with the nickname Al Bara Shishani, was arrested in Kiev, Ukraine. Georgia was seeking Tokhosashvili with red notice of the International Police for the membership of the terrorist organization.
 
As the State Security Service reported to Reginfo, as a result of the investigation conducted by the counter-terrorist center of Georgia, it was estimated that in 2014, Tsezar Tokhosashvili travelled to Syria and joined the military operations against government. 

The investigation determined that in 2015, Tsezar Tokhosashvili became the member of the Islam State. He had close relation with the other leaders of the ISIS: Tarkhan Batirashvili, Islam Atabiev and Akhmed Chataev. 

On November 6, 2019, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced Tsezar Tokhosashvili to imprisonment. 

Tsezar Tokhosashvili lived in Omalo village of Akhmeta municipality (Pankisi Gorge). Information about his death was spread in August, 2017. His family in Omalo village received condolences during two days. Relatives told the Pankisi community Radio WAY that according to the information received from Syria, Tsezar Tokhosashvili together with his wife and children was killed during bombing. Several days later, the family received a message on WatsApp that they were alive. 

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