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Friday, September 24
Prepared by the Messenger Staff

The court ordered the payment of GEL35 thousand to the victim on the night of June 20

Tbilisi City Court on the night of June 20 ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay GEL35 thousand in compensation for the victim. Luka Petriashvili was called On Gavrilov's night, an orange bullet fired from riot police hit him, breaking his jaw bone.

"The police raided, wounded people and the court once again made it clear that we were innocent," Petriashvili said.

According to his lawyer Beka Basilaia, the court ruled on the issues of moral damages, physical damage and disability.



Kobakhidze: It was difficult to tolerate provocation, especially from criminals, I apologize to the society

Irakli Kobakhidze, the leader of the Georgian Dream, called the confrontation between him and Nika Melia at the EU office today a provocation by the UNM and said that Nika Melia was an "intellectual hooligan who sees his political chance only in provocations."

"It's symbolic that Nika Melia provoked in front of the EU office, before meeting with EU ambassadors, it was a demonstrative statement that Melia completely ignores the pro-Western Stirring in front of their office.

It was also difficult for me to endure today’s provocation and insults, especially from the criminal side. "I want to apologize to the public for the words they heard from me today," Kobakhidze said.

“On October 2, the Georgian Dream will convincingly win the elections, after which the criminals will finally leave politics,” Kobakhidze said.

Today, on September 23, Irakli Kobakhidze, Chairman of the Georgian Dream, and Nika Melia, Tbilisi mayoral candidate, confronted each other verbally in front of the EU Office.