Five detained in Gldani following clash at polling station

Five individuals have been detained for disobedience to the police and hooliganism following a clash at a polling station in Gldani district of Tbilisi earlier today, Patrol Police Head Vazha Siradze has stated. 

Siradze said that no shooting took place during the incident as some journalists had reported. 

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The ruling Georgian Dream party leaders say that Irakli Edzgveradze, ‘a man with a criminal mentality who is a close ally of the opposition candidate in Gldani Nika Melia,’ is among the detainees.

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Melia gathered criminals to stage provocations in Gldani,” said Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, who is also a leader of the ruling party.

 Melia says that the ruling party stands behind the incident.