Demonstrators Rally After Overnight Club Raids End in Clashes
  • 6 years ago
Hundreds protested outside Georgian parliament buildings on May 12, after police were criticized for using excessive force during raids on nightclubs in Tbilisi early that morning.Police raided two popular nightclubs in the Georgian capital and arrested eight suspects in relation to drug crimes, after five deaths were suspected of being related to the drug mephedrone.However clubgoers were reported to have confronted the police and to have recorded the officer’s actions, leading to several arrests of protesting civilians. Credit: Tornike Mandaria via Storyful
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