Workers participating in a three-hour general strike called by opponents of the Georgian government were attacked in the street, reportedly by members of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
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00:00Workers participating in a three-hour general strike called by opponents of the incumbent
00:06Georgian Dream Party were attacked in the streets of Tbilisi.
00:10Footage circulating on social media showed baton-wielding individuals assaulting strikers.
00:16Local media says the individuals were titushkis, a term used to describe hired thugs usually
00:22in service of government or political groups.
00:25Demonstrators chanted, blew whistles and waved Georgian and EU flags side-by-side.
00:31A report suggests that more than 350 businesses participated in the strike.
00:36Organizers say the demonstration was intended to serve as a warning of what the country
00:40would face in isolation from Europe.