Riot police in the capital of Georgia have used water cannon and fired rubber bullets in a bid to disperse demonstrators who tried to storm the parliament building. Riot police in the capital of Georgia have used water cannon and fired rubber bullets in a bid to disperse demonstrators who tried to storm the parliament building. Police earlier fired tear gas on the crowd of thousands that was demanding the government’s resignation. A demonstrator stands in front of a police line at the Georgian parliament (Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP)The crowd repeatedly surged to try to break into the building on the city’s main avenue but police turned back the attempts. Mr Gavrilov has supported independence for the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, over which Georgia lost control in a 2008 war with Russia.

Source: Irish Independent June 20, 2019 19:52 UTC