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Unidentified persons insulted bas-relief of Nizami Ganjavi in Georgia

17 April 2006 [08:45] - TODAY.AZ
The great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi's bas-relief in the center of Marneuli region in Georgia suffered of insulting behavior April 13 to 14.

APA reports that the bas-relief for Nizami Ganjavi stands next to the bas-relief of Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. Unidentified persons wrote the word "Father" under the memorial of Rustaveli with color and insulting words under the memorial of Ganjavi.

Besides, the unidentified persons throw mud on Nizami's face. The analogous behavior was redone next day. The correspondent of APA appealed to the governor of Marnueli Amiran Subitidze regarding the incident. The governor said the police had partially identified the hooligans. He also said that after necessary investigations they would be detained and punished.

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