Opposition Says Three Activists Attacked

Opposition said two of its activists were beaten up late last night in downtown Tbilisi, about a kilometer away from the protest venue outside the Parliament.

The television stations showed one of the opposition activists from Kutaisi with injuries into his head.

Also late last night, the opposition Republican Party, part of Alliance for Georgia, said that head of its branch office in eastern town of Kvareli was attacked and beaten up by unknown men. Vano Lomidze told journalists that he was attacked close to Kvareli while driving from Tbilisi to his hometown. He said that attackers verbally and physically insulted him and set fire to his car. The television stations showed the burnt down SUV.

Later on April 28, the Interior Ministry has suggested, that Lomidze had himself set fire to his car, which was insured. The Ministry said that Lomidze bought two liters of petrol in a bottle. It said that the bottle with Lomidze’s fingerprints was found nearby to the burnt down car.

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