TbilisicTypeface:> Violent clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators broke out overnight in Georgia for the third night in a row following the government’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.
Police officers used water cannon and tear gas on the crowds, while some demonstrators launched fireworks at the police, according to Georgian media. It was not until Sunday morning that the uniformed officers succeeded in pushing the protesters away from the parliament building.
Demonstrators have now set up roadblocks near Tbilisi State University in the capital. The clashes - and a deepening political crisis between the nationalist conservative government and the pro-European opposition - are threatening to tear Georgia apart. Official information on the number of injured and arrested overnight was not immediately available on Sunday morning. (DPA)
