Overview

• The Interior Ministry said four more people were detained, bringing the total held in the case to 22, with a search underway for three additional suspects.
• Deputy Prosecutor General Amiran Guluashvili announced charges against 13 detainees for attempting to seize a strategic or especially important object and for participation in group violence.
• Prosecutors cited Article 19-222 for the attempted seizure, punishable by two to four years, and Article 225 for group violence, which carries sentences of up to nine years.
• Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said the probe covers alleged calls to overthrow the government, seizure or blockade of strategic facilities, organization or participation in mass violence, and property damage.
• Tbilisi City Court earlier on Tuesday ordered custody for five opposition figures accused of calling for the storming of the presidential residence during the October 4 protest.