The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation under Article 150 of the Criminal Code following reports that a sexual offense may have been committed against a fourth-grade student at a public school in Tbilisi.
The information was initially reported by the TV Pirveli channel. The mother of one of the students told journalists that a fight had broken out between schoolchildren shortly before the incident. According to available reports, seventh-grade students were involved.
“It was pure physical violence. <…> They pressured him, hurled terrible words at him, and in the end, that monstrous thing happened,” the woman said.
Further details of the incident are not known at this stage.
The article under which the criminal case was initiated establishes criminal liability for coercing a person into performing an action or refraining from an action that they have the right to perform or not perform, or for compelling them to endure an act against their will.