The cameraman for Pirveli, an independent TV station, was found dead at his hime one week after he had been severely beaten during the Pride march in Tbilisi.
37-year-old Lashakarava (37) was one of the journalists assaulted by a violent mob of anti LGBTQI+ protesters while reporting from the Pride march on 5 July. He sustained fractures to his facial bones. According to local media reports, he was treated at the medical center for four days.