Georgia opposition leader dies suddenly in Britain

TBILISI/LONDON-Wealthy Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, accused of a coup plot against the country's president, has died suddenly in Britain, British police said on Wednesday.Officers are treating the death as suspicious and have referred the case to a major crime investigation team. A post mortem will be held later on Wednesday.Georgian public television said the flamboyant 52-year-old had died of a heart attack at his residence near London.An ambulance was called to the leafy, secluded mansion late on Tuesday evening after Patarkatsishvili fell ill while entertaining a large number of friends and family, police said.
Patarkatsishvili's allies in Tbilisi called for international experts to launch an inquiry."As far as I know from his relatives, it was his heart," exiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, a friend and business partner, told Reuters by phone from Britain.In a separate statement, Berezovsky said it was a "terrible tragedy". "I have lost my closest friend," he said.Patarkatsishvili, a prominent figure in his native Georgia, had been living in Britain since last year after Georgian authorities accused him of plotting a coup against the president and issued a warrant for his arrest.

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