Mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site forcing the event’s cancellation

Georgian opponents of gay rights oppose a pride party in Tbilisi (Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP)

Hundreds of opponents of gay rights have swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of Georgia, vandalising the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bar.

Deputy Georgian Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants in the Tbilisi Pride Fest were safely evacuated from the scene.