The former official, now an oppositionist, suffered a concussion; his nose is also broken.
In Batumi, former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, now leader of the opposition party For Georgia, was beaten; It was reported by News-Georgia.
The attack took place at night in the lobby of the Sheraton hotel in Batumi. The circumstances leading up to the incident, as well as the number of participants in the incidents, were not reported. According to witnesses, among the participants in the beating were seen the representative of People’s Power, which is a satellite of the ruling party, Dmitry Samkharadze, and a member of the Supreme Council of Adjara from the ruling party, Georgiy Manvelidze.
The police patrol arrived at the scene only 40 minutes after the call, much later than the ambulance.
The police reported that they opened proceedings under an article of the Criminal Code on beating. They did not comment on the deputies’ involvement in the incident.
The hospital where Gakharia was taken for examination said the car arrived around 2:30 am, and after the diagnosis, he refused to stay for further treatment. The former prime minister was diagnosed with a broken nose bone and concussion.
In addition to Gakharia, journalist Zviad Koridze reported an attack on himself in the same area. According to him, the attack happened even before the incident with Gakharia, when he was sitting in the hotel lobby with his wife.
The mentioned Sakhmaradze and the woman with him allegedly approached Koridze and started insulting him and the party. The journalist approached the security with a request to protect him and, according to him, at that time someone hurt him.
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