Police arrest 6 for physically assaulting opposition politician
As the investigation established, the detainees on Friday had physically assaulted Edzgverdze and the persons accompanying him. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian police have arrested six individuals on charges of group violence against Irakli Edzgveradze, a member of the Tbilisi City Council and the United National Movement opposition party, and the persons accompanying him, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The Ministry earlier today said it was investigating an alleged assault on Edzgveradze, after the latter said he had been attacked in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and had been “physically assaulted by more than 30 people”.
As the investigation established, the detainees on Friday had physically assaulted Edzgverdze and the persons accompanying him.
The crime is punishable by up to two years in prison.
The state body also said that the UNM party members and Edzgveradze’s friends had prevented the police from performing their duties, they had verbally and physically insulted the law enforcement officers, and three individuals were arrested on Administrative offences.
As a result of the confrontation, several police officers have been injured, the Ministry said, noting that administrative proceedings had been launched against other individuals who obstructed police work.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday said it had launched an investigation following reports of an assault on Irakli Edzgveradze, a member of the Tbilisi City Council and the United National Movement opposition party and the persons accompanying him.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Sunday said it was investigating an alleged clash between members of the ruling Georgian Dream and opposition United National Movement parties in western Georgia’s town of Chokhatauri earlier today.
Georgia’s Special Investigation Service on Friday said it had arrested one individual for an assault on a Formula TV channel cameraman earlier this month in the eastern Kakheti region.
The District Court in the central Georgian municipality of Gori on Monday ruled to keep the individual arrested for assault on Zurab Girchi Japaridze, the leader of the Girchi - More Freedom opposition party, in the locality on Saturday in custody, ahead of hearings in the case.