Overview

• Authorities launched a special operation to apprehend participants in the Oct. 4 unrest, with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowing further detentions and saying no one will go unpunished.
• The Interior Ministry reported 13 arrests connected to the clashes, and prosecutors said the five charged face prison terms of up to nine years.
• Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to repel a smaller group from the presidential residence minutes before local polls closed after tens of thousands rallied in central Tbilisi.
• The State Security Service said it discovered a cache of firearms, ammunition and explosives near the capital that it links to planned "subversive acts" on election day.
• The European Union rejected accusations of interference, condemned attacks on its ambassador and urged Georgian authorities to show restraint.