Overview

• Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the State Security Service preemptively neutralized multiple threats on election day, crediting prevention for easing police operations.
• Kobakhidze alleged that roughly 500 agents of extremist groups acted on orders from foreign intelligence and claimed organizations funded directly by the European Union took part.
• The Interior Ministry reported 13 people detained over the October 4 unrest under articles including calls to overthrow the government, with two suspects still wanted.
• Officials said five alleged organizers, including Murtaz Zodelava and singer-politician Paata Burchuladze, were held on accusations of inciting a power grab and group violence.
• SGB deputy Lasha Magradze said seized weapons and explosives intended for sabotage were procured at the direction of a Georgian representative of a Ukrainian military unit, while health authorities reported six protesters and 21 police injured in earlier clashes.