12 June 2009, 22:00

Protesters scuffle with police near Parliament of Georgia

In front of the building of the Parliament of Georgia, where today an extraordinary session took place after a two-month break, a scuffle with victims burst out between the police and participants of protest actions.

The incident took place after David Bakradze, Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, went out of the building. Participants of the action wanted to make "a corridor of shame" to the Speaker, but policemen, in their turn, have interfered. As a result, as reported by the "Gazeta.Ru" several protesters suffered.

Youth activists of the opposition managed to throw eggs stones and bottles over Mr Bakradze's car, as reported by the Georgian TV Company "Rustavi-2".

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