Eredvi

Interviewer plase,date:Aug 17, 2008 2:08 PM
Interviewer organization:vollunteer journalist:
Respondent:man
Story code:0078
Pillage of the population was going on by the Russian army. I tried to get away but they were shooting at me from the forest up on the mountain. I am from Eredvi. I did not want to leave there, but my phone battery died and I had to recharge my phone in Tirdznisi. I had to call my children. Everybody was running away and telling me to run as well but I told them that I need to recharge my phone to give them the information. After I recharged my phone I went back to Ditsis Tavi, I could see Eredvi in about two kilometers away. On my way to Eredvi I met my friends Givi Beruashvili with his spouse and Engura Beruashvili with his spouse. They all looked troubled and dirty and I asked them where they were going. They told me that people are getting killed and burn in their own houses and they were lucky to escape. They begged me to not to go their because I could get killed too. I changed my mind and I turned around.
Russian airplanes were bombing for 3-4 days. First I stayed there to watch my cattle… they were bombing and bombing… I think seven people were killed on the road…
Then they started robbing houses every day.It was horrifying to get here… Roads were closed… these Russians were shooting and chasing us and exploding everything. The airplanes were attacking us…