Transgender actress and influencer is stabbed to death in Georgia the day after anti-LGBT law is passed Kesaria Abramidze, 37, suffered more than 50 stab wounds in the attack By Will Stewart and Elena Salvoni Published: 12:08 BST, 19 September 2024 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 19 September 2024 e-mail View comments A prominent transgender model, actor and influencer has been brutally stabbed to death in Georgia. Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was killed the day after parliament in the ex-Soviet state had passed a law banning LGBT propaganda, with her death sparking widespread outrage. She suffered more than 50 stab wounds in the attack, which took place last night in her own home in the capital Tbilisi.
A male suspect, named as Beka Jaiani, 26, was detained at the city's airport evidently seeking to leave Georgia, according to reports. He is said to have known the star. CCTV footage allegedly shows him waiting by a lift in her apartment block, and then running down the stairs in the same building less than ten minutes later.
Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was killed the day after parliament in the ex-Soviet state had passed a law banning LGBT propaganda The victim was a well-known and popular figure in Georgia after undergoing a sex change operation in 2014 Kesaria's killing is the third high-profile murder of a transgender woman in Georgia in recent years Neighbours heard screams and went to her apartment where they found her blood-drenched body. The victim was a well-known and popular figure in G.