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Policeman killed in Georgia riots
May 26, 2011, 5:25 GMT
Tblisi - One policemen was killed and 20 people injured in crashes between hundreds of opposition supporters and security forces in Georgia, media reports said Thursday.
Interior Ministry riot police used rubber batons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters overnight in Tblisi, Georgian media said.
The ministry said the policemen who was killed was knocked down by a car as protesters tried to leave a main square near the capital's parliament building, where the clashes occurred.
Observers criticized police for using disproportional force, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency said.
Protester numbers had already dwindled in the course of the night from several thousand to a few hundred, news reports said.
About 10,000 opposition protesters demanded at the weekend the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
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