Garri Aiba

Garri Aiba (Georgian: გარი აიბა; died 9 June 2004) was an opposition leader in Abkhazia at the time of his murder.

[1] Garri Aiba was a veteran of the 1992-1993 war with Georgia, in which he led Abkhazia anti-aircraft defenses, and a prominent businessman.

On 9 June 2004, Aiba's car came under fire, fifty metres from his home in Sokhumi.

He got out of the car in an attempt to protect his ten-year-old daughter, but was seriously injured, and died later that day in the hospital.

Aiba had no business links and many people claimed that the killing was politically motivated.