People rally at Tbilisi City Hall, demanding mayor’s resignation

Civic activists, politicians and ordinary citizens are now gathering in front of Tbilisi City Hall, demanding the resignation of Mayor Kakha Kaladze for the recent deadly incident in a newly renovated central Vake Park, where one minor was killed and two others injured in an electrocution incident in a fountain. 

The demonstrators say that Kaladze must take responsibility and resign, as the park was opened to the public a day before the incident. 

Police are looking into the case, investigating violation of safety regulations which resulted in death. 

13-year-old Marita Meparishvili was killed in the incident on October 13, while the condition of a 13-year-old boy is stable and the third one was with minor injuries. 

A gardener in the same park, Devi Mezurnishvili, took two children out of the water despite life-threatening risks, while he was unable to also save the third minor as he was also electrocuted while in the water, now feeling well.