To counteract disturbances in Batumi attracted the special forces
Younger crowd arranged in the center of the pogrom, overturned and set fire to cars.
Moscow. March 12. INTERFAX.RU — a special forces Unit of the police of Georgia on Sunday began restoring order on Chavchavadze Avenue in Batumi, where a crowd of young people ransacked the city infrastructure, overturned and torched cars.
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According to local media, riot police detained several of the rioters and bringing them to the car, drove out of the Avenue.
However, on the streets and the crews of the patrol police, who through loudspeakers urging young people to disperse, promising that during the arrest, the riot police will beat them.
The unrest in Batumi began on Saturday evening after the detention by police of six local citizens. Participants spontaneously gathered in the rally tried to break into the building of the police Directorate of Adjara, but the special forces, using tear gas and rubber bullets, did not allow them to do so. As reported, the collision has injured 22 people, including six policemen.
The interior Minister of Georgia Giorgi mghebrishvili said that six of the detained citizens are released, but they will all be brought to administrative responsibility
The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, in his statement on Sunday night called on the protesters in Batumi to respect the law and state institutions.