About Khamzat Gitsba
Khamzat Gitsba was a military personnel.
Khamzat "Rocky" Gitsba was a participant in the 1996 hijacking of the MV Avrazya who was shot dead in 2007 in Gudauta.
Early life and family Khamzat Gitsba earned the nickname "Rocky" for his love of boxing, after the film character Rocky Balboa. Gitsba was a geography graduate from Abkhazian State University. He worked for some time in the high school in the village of Duripsh.
Return to Abkhazia and murder After being released from prison, Khamzat Gitsba returned to Abkhazia and became a member of the Spiritual Board of the Muslims of Abkhazia and an informal leader of Muslims in Gudauta.
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Who was Khamzat Gitsba?
Abkhaz hostage taker
When did Khamzat Gitsba die?
Khamzat Gitsba died in 2007.
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Khamzat Gitsba was a military personnel.
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