Karbi

Interview place, time and date:15.08.2008, Public School #115
Interviewer organization: Association of Directors of Schools of Georgia
Respondent: man, 22 years
Story code:0051
On August 6th the shootings started in the village and on august 8-9 Russian planes started bombing us. One bomb fell near our house, which caused the death of my father - it cut his legs. We buried him in the yard of our house. The roof of the house and whole building was damaged. We had some poultry, pigs and four cows. We had to leave the house, but we could not take our old grandmother with us. We don't know if our house is destroyed or our property is taken.
The bombing of our village and the neighbour villages lasted about four days. It was impossible to stay there after we buried father. I left with my brother's family for Tbilisi and now we live in the building of school # 115.
There was an army at the end of our village which was being bombed by Russian planes. Actually we were in the middle of the war.
Besides my father five more men and three women died during the bombing of the village . I saw everything with my own eyes. Four were wounded. I saw how those people were dying next to my father. My father died in my arms.