(1 Dec 2024)
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Tbilisi, Georgia – 1 December 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of police trying to disperse protesters, fires and smoke outside parliament
2. Protesters throwing fireworks at riot police around parliament
3. Wide of protesters, fire lit
4. Riot police dispersing protesters
5. Various of protesters with Georgian flags withstanding water cannon
6. Protesters withstanding water cannon, throwing fireworks at riot police
7. Various of riot police, dispersing protesters with water cannon
8. Various of fires outside parliament, police extinguishing flames with water cannon
STORYLINE:
Demonstrators launched fireworks at the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on Sunday during the fourth day of protests across the country over the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.
Thousands gathered outside the parliament on Sunday night, throwing stones and setting off fireworks as police deployed water cannons and tear gas.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that at least 27 protesters, 16 police and one media worker were hospitalized.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that “any violation of the law will be met with the full rigor of the law.”
AP Video shot by Zura Muradov
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