Chinanews, October 21, a comprehensive report, Georgian police said that on the 21st local time, an unidentified gunman hijacked dozens of hostages at the Georgian Commercial Bank branch in Zugdidi, Georgia.
According to Reuters, the gunman took 20 hostages.
Negotiations with the authorities are ongoing, and the gunman demanded a ransom of $500,000.
According to Russian satellite network reports, the gunman took bank staff and customers hostage, and held grenades and machine guns.
As many as 30 hostages were taken.
According to an old woman who managed to escape, the gunman fired a shot when he first entered the bank and then threatened to detonate a grenade.