Marek Dudaev, a famous criminal was killed in the occupied Tskhinvali region, According to local media, law enforcers found his body in his native village Artsevi.

According to the preliminary information, he was in the building of a former club of Artsvi when he was approached by a local and shot at 3 times from a firearm. The suspect himself escaped from the crime scene.

Marek Dudayev, in 2004, was arrested by Georgian law enforcers for killing several people and robbery. The court sentenced him to 23 years of imprisonment, but Dudayev spent nine years in prison and was freed by amnesty in 2013.