Georgia rules out ethnic reasons for brawl at Surb Echmiadzin Church

 

The Georgian Interior Ministry said that the brawl at the Surb Echmiadzin Church of Armenia in Tbilisi on July 19, 2014, was not an act of interethnic tensions, News Georgia reports.The Armenian Eparchy in Georgia claimed yesterday that it was an attack on the church motivated by ethnic and religious hatred. According to the Eparchy, an unidentified woman and two of her friends started a quarrel with clerics. About 50 people arrived in two hours, some of them carrying blades. They started a fight with clerics.

 

The Georgian Interior Ministry said that the brawl at the Surb Echmiadzin Church of Armenia in Tbilisi on July 19, 2014, was not an act of interethnic tensions, News Georgia reports.

The Armenian Eparchy in Georgia claimed yesterday that it was an attack on the church motivated by ethnic and religious hatred. According to the Eparchy, an unidentified woman and two of her friends started a quarrel with clerics. About 50 people arrived in two hours, some of them carrying blades. They started a fight with clerics.