In Batumi, former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, now the leader of the opposition party For Georgia, was beaten, he suffered a concussion and a broken nose. This was reported by News-Georgia. The attack occurred at night in the lobby of the Sheraton hotel in Batumi. The circumstances preceding the incident, as well as the number of participants in the incidents, are not reported. According to witnesses, among the participants in the beating were seen a member of the People's Power, which is a satellite of the party in power, Dmitry Samkharadze and a member of the Supreme Council of Adjara from the party in power, Georgy Manvelidze. The police patrol arrived at the scene only 40 minutes after the call, much later than the ambulance.. The police reported that they opened proceedings under the article of the Criminal Code on beating. They did not comment on the involvement of deputies in the incident.. The hospital where Gakharia was taken for examination said that the car arrived at about 2:30 a.m., and after the diagnosis he refused to stay for further treatment. The ex-prime minister was diagnosed with a broken nasal bone and a concussion. In addition to Gakharia, journalist Zviad Koridze reported an attack on himself in the same place. According to him, the attack occurred even before the incident with Gakharia, when he was sitting in the hotel lobby with his wife. The mentioned Sakhmaradze and the woman who was with him allegedly approached Koridze themselves and began to insult him and the party. The journalist approached the security with a request to protect him and, according to him, at that time someone hit him.

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