The number of people detained in the case of riots at protest actions in Tbilisi has increased to 28. this is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, reports UNN.
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Georgian police have detained two other people on charges of participating in gang violence.
According to the agency, during the actions on Rustaveli Avenue, they "committed violent acts in a group", resisted and did not obey the legal requirements of the police, threw various objects in their direction.
Popular actor Andro Chichinadze and stand-up comedian Onise Tskhadadze are among those previously detained in the riot case. Some of the accused were detained following searches in the offices of political parties and civil society organizations. After the raids, the interior ministry showed footage of seized pyrotechnics and empty glass bottles with rags, which were called "Molotov cocktails". Some of the defendants are shown recordings of private conversations at actions and "live" on Facebook, where they talk about possible forms of resistance.
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The number of people administratively detained during the nine days of large-scale actions reaches almost 450 people.
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