PM lays wreath at April 9 Memorial

13:02, 09.04.2024

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze commemorated the April 9 tragedy victims and laid a wreath at the memorial in front of the Georgian parliament.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, Georgian Dream Executive Secretary Mamuka Mdinaradze and GD MPs accompanied the PM.

Shio Mujiri, Bishop of Senaki and Chkhorotsku and Patriarchal locum tenens, conducted the prayer for the heroes of the tragedy.

Today, 35 years have passed since the April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi when the Soviet Army violently dispersed a peaceful, anti-Soviet demonstration in the centre of Tbilisi. The violence dispersal resulted in 21 civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. April 9 is commemorated as the Day of National Unity.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

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