Ruling party claims opposition raided its office in Dmanisi
The Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into the incident. Photo: Giorgi Aladashvili/RFERL
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The ruling Georgian Dream party has reported that its office in Dmanisi municipality in Kvemo Kartli region was raided by the opposition representatives.
GD Executive Secretary Irakli Kobakhidze told Rustavi 2 TV that this was ‘a severe provocation’. However, he said the ruling party is ‘used to that’.
Incidents like this require the toughest response from the law enforcement agencies. It has absolutely no justification and the sanction against the perpetrators may not be diminished any possible way”, Kobakhidze stated.
Reportedly, the intruders threatened the GD staff with knives under the severe influence of alcohol, which was followed by the shooting allegedly 'in self-defence', when the offenders stormed in.
Meanwhile. one of the GD employees was stabbed in an attempt to seize a knife from the attacker.
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Georgian police have detained two individuals over the September 29th clash in Marneuli district between supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition United National Movement.
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About 10 members of the ruling Georgia Dream party have been injured and two of them are in critical condition after a confrontation with United National Movement members in the village of Nakhiduri of Bolnisi yesterday, says majoritarian candidate of the Georgian Dream for Bolnisi-Dmanisi-Tetritskaro-Tsalka Gogi Meshveliani.
The United National Movement opposition party has dismissed allegations that its members raided the ruling Georgian Dream party office in Dmanisi, Kvemo Kartli region, yesterday and attacked local members of the Georgian Dream.
Chairman of Dmansi City Council Merab Okriashvili has been attacked and injured earlier today, though police have yet to identify the attackers.
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Police have detained 28-year-old Davit Dautashvili for stabbing two supporters of the opposition United National Movement party in Georgia’s eastern Dmanisi municipality, reports the Interior Ministry.