Karaleti

Interview place, time and date: Tbilisi, Public school #169,16.08.2008,10.45 a.m.
Interviewer organization: Ombudsman's office
Respondent: man,64 years
Story code: 0005
On August 11 I heard shooting and went outside. Alexandre Bibilashvili, Vasiko Z. and Niko Z.were standing on the street of Karaleti. The vehicle passed with Ossetian soldiers. The soldiers opened fire and Alexandre Bibilashvili was killed.
On August 10 I was hiding in my backyard together with my neighbor, V. T.. Meanwhile Ossetian soldiers (in military forms) robbed the house of my neighbor – Guram Kharibegashvili and stole his car. Then I moved to the cellar of another neighbor - Amiran B.. Amiran himself and his wife were there. Ossetian soldiers entered the cellar and were threatening us. Amiran's wife is Ossetian. She saved our lives. They would kill us if Amiran's wife was not there. We reached Tbilisi by hitchhiking.