Interior Ministry seizes Molotov cocktails, arrests one
A Molotov cocktail is a glass bottle full of inflammable substance and means of ignition. Photo: IPN.
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Georgian police have seized 12 Molotov cocktails in Tbilisi and arrested one individual, born in 1949.
The Interior Ministry reports that the detainee planned to use the explosives during the protest rally which is currently underway at Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi.
The detainee faces from three to six years in jail.
A Molotov cocktail is a glass bottle full of inflammable substance and means of ignition.
Interior Ministry official Mamuka Chelidze stated that Georgian opposition leaders Irakli Okruashvili, Nikanor Melia and Giorgi Ugulava have been summoned for questioning.
Police arrested 305 people for violation of public order while protesting Russian MPs' visit to Georgia last night. 14 detainees have been sentenced to 12 days of administrative detention.
Amnesty International calls for an immediate, thorough and independent investigation into the use of force during June 20 Tbilisi protests. Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner for South Caucasus Levan Asatiani, who was on the scene in Tbilisi, said that ‘the police fired rubber bullets indiscriminately into the crowd.’
14 protesters out of those detained during clashes with police last night have been sentenced to 12 days of administrative detention. They were sentenced for hooliganism and clashes with the police.
240 individuals were hospitalised after yesterday’s rally in Tbilisi, many of them with minor injuries, 80 were law enforcers, Deputy Health Minister Zaza Bokhua stated earlier today while visiting patients at the Ingorokva Clinic in Tbilisi.
Georgian opposition MPs have interrupted the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) after a Russian MP and president of the assembly, Sergey Gavrilov addressed the audience from the Georgian parliamentary speaker’s chair earlier today.
Georgia’s ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili responded to the June 20 developments in front of the parliament building in central Tbilisi, saying “the government has made a severe mistake, to which it admitted, but was late with its political response.”
The peaceful demonstration in front of the parliament of Georgia in central Tbilisi will resume at 7 p.m. today. Protesters made their feelings about Russian president Vladimir Putin known on the Rustaveli Avenue on Friday, as a younger crowd gathered on the street on the second day of demonstrations.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has addressed Tbilisi City Court to question opposition leaders Gigi Ugulava, Irakli Okruashvili and Giorgi Baramidze concerning their involvement in the June 20 rally in Tbilisi which was forcibly dispersed by police. The ministry says the former officials have refused to come in for interrogation so far, which is why they resorted to asking the court.