Police cars are parked near the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Abkhazia as they block the road during a protest of people who demand the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia Dmitry Dbar, in Sukhum, Republic of Abkhazia. Deputy Garry Kokaya, together with veterans of the Georgian-Abkhaz war, celebrated the Day of Victory and Independence in a restaurant on the Sukhum embankment. To celebrate he fired several shots into the air with a pistol. The police decided to take away the weapons by force, as a result, Kokaya and several veterans were beaten. The next day, residents gathered and appealed to the president and parliament to immediately remove from their posts Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitry Dbar and everyone involved in the beating of the deputy and war veterans and take them into custody.
- Package: Abkhazia Rally
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Sukhum, Abkhazia
- Event date: 04.10.2021
- Date published: 04.10.2021
- Author: Tomas Tkhaitsuk
- Credit: Sputnik/РИА Новости
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 7274x3968px, 16.1Mb
- Job-ID: d6f7a17b816108e8