Three arrested for assaulting law enforcement in eastern Georgia
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Three individuals have been arrested for assaulting law enforcement officers in southeastern Georgia’s Marneuli region, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The body said the suspects, aged 20-21, had been observed being involved in dangerous driving on the road between the city of Marneuli and the village of Sadakhlo on Wednesday.
The driver of the vehicle disobeyed the law enforcement’s command to stop and attempted to evade the police, before his losing control led to the car rolling.
Law enforcement officers arriving at the scene were then assaulted and verbally abused by those in the vehicle, the Ministry said, with locals also appearing to interfere with police attempts to arrest the group.
The escaped offenders - the driver and two passengers - were later arrested following a police operation, and face four to seven years in prison for assault on law enforcement.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said 58 law enforcement officers had received “various injuries” while ensuring safety during the rallies in central Tbilisi on Tuesday and Wednesday that protested the Parliament’s discussion of the controversial bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Georgian police arrested 133 individuals during protests outside the Parliament in central Tbilisi on Tuesday and Wednesday against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Thursday.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Thursday confirmed it had launched an investigation following reports of assault on Vano Merabishvili, one of the most influential figures of the previous United National Movement Government who served as the country’s Interior Minister for almost eight years.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Wednesday said it had arrested one individual for assaulting law enforcement officers and damaging their vehicle during the protests against the bill on transparency of foreign influence in the country’s capital of Tbilisi between March 7-9.
The Georgian Border Police has received a donation of border surveillance equipment, off-road vehicles and buses from the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday.
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia on Thursday charged four individuals for appropriation of state funds through fraudulent tax documents.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said it was investigating a clash between students of Tbilisi State University that took place during a lecture led by the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party on Saturday, as well as a subsequent incident at a hospital in Tbilisi.