Salikh Kvaratskhelia

Salikh (Stanislav) Kvaratskhelia is the current First Mufti and Chairman of the Spiritual Board of the Muslims in Abkhazia. He was elected on 19 December 2011 during the Board's fourth congress, after the death of his predecessor Adlia Gablia.[1]

Assassination attempt

On 10 July 2010, when he was Imam of the Sukhumi Mosque, 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
  1. "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.
  2. "10 июля была совершена попытка убийства имама Сухумской мечети Саалиха Кварацхелия – ДУМ РА". Apsnypress. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. Who Is Targeting Abkhazia's Muslim Clergy?
  4. "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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