Gruesome discovery at ski resort: 12 people found dead in Georgia restaurant

La macabre découverte a eu lieu samedi. ILLUSTRATION UNSPLASH – Vruyr Martirosyan

Douze personnes ont été retrouvées mortes ce samedi 14 décembre 2024 dans le restaurant d’une station de ski en Géorgie.

Twelve people have been found dead, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning, in a sleeping area attached to a restaurant at a ski resort in Georgia, police said.

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Nearly 12 dead

“Preliminary examinations reveal no traces of violence on the bodies” of the victims, eleven of whom are foreign nationals and one of Georgian nationality, who were found “in the sleeping area on the second floor of an Indian restaurant in Gudauri”, a resort in the north of the country, the same source said. source.

The macabre discovery took place on Saturday.

A photo of the establishment located at the foot of the mountains shows that it is a three-story restaurant, with a upper part probably dedicated to staff accommodation.

A fuel oil generator at the origin of the tragedy ?

According to the initial elements of the investigation, a generator had “been placed inside” the building, “near the rooms”, authorities indicate Georgian.

“This oil-fired generator was reportedly started after the building was left without electricity” Friday, according to the same source.

An investigation has been opened and forensic examinations have been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.

This drama has no apparent link to the tensions in this Caucasian country since the party that leads it, Georgian Dream, claimed victory in the legislative elections of October 26 – described as rigged by the 'opposition – and that the government decided at the end of November to suspend all negotiations for accession to the EU until 2028.