He led a live broadcast at the time of the shot. The producer said that when the next assault began, the special forces opened fire with rubber bullets.
“I tried to shoot everything as much as possible. When already (tear. - RT ) gas started up, I turned away to somehow save myself and not to choke. And suddenly a sharp pain in the liver, on the back, I see - there is already blood on my hands, immediately turned to an ambulance, ”said the producer Ruptly.
Earlier it was reported that at the clashes of protesters and police officers near the building of the Georgian parliament in the center of Tbilisi, at least 52 people, including 38 policemen, were injured.
The country's Interior Ministry called these protests an attempt at a mass coup.