A telephone conversation took place between the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev and Acting President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba, the press service of the head of state reports.
“In South Ossetia, the news of what happened in the Abkhazian parliament was received with pain in the heart,” Alan Gagloev said.
The head of state asked to convey sincere condolences to the family of the deceased MP Vakhtang Golandzia.
Acting President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba thanked his South Ossetian colleague for his words of support.
The shooting in the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, as a result of which the MP Vakhtang Golandzia died, occurred on Thursday at the meeting of the parliamentary committee during a discussion of measures to completely ban crypto currency mining.
According to the eyewitnesses, an argument broke out between the deputies at the committee meeting. After a verbal altercation, a deputy Adgur Kharazia pulled out a gun and fired in the direction of deputy Kan Kvarchia. Deputy Vakhtang Golandzia tried to separate the participants of the incident and was fatally wounded in the head.