Tbilisi protesters claim attack on march participants

Participants in a protest march in Tbilisi were attacked by a group of unknown armed men on their way to the parliament building. Near the parliament, activists blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for the 292nd day in a row.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, on September 14, for the 291st day of protests, participants in pro-European actions blocked traffic near the Georgian parliament, chanting the slogans: "Until the end" and "Fear the power of the people."

Supporters of Georgia's European integration blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building for the 292nd day of continuous protests. They are making the same demands - to call new parliamentary elections and release those detained for participating in the demonstrations, Publika reports.

As before, the protesters at the Public Broadcaster building joined those gathered on Rustaveli. According to the activists who marched from the television company building to the parliament, they were attacked by several people along the way - they first insulted the activists verbally, then used physical force.

According to activist Mariam Mekhantsishvili, at least two of the attackers were armed - one had a knife, and the other dropped a firearm during the scuffle. Activist Levan Jobava, who participated in the arrest of an armed man, was “taken away” by the police, and a lawyer came to see him later, writes the Tbilisi_life Telegram channel.

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