Kekhvi

Interview place,date:Aug 14, 2008 10:52 PM
Interviewer organization:vollunteer journalist
Respondent:woman
Story code:0081
My husband and brother-in-law, both, are working in a police. Mamuka warned me about possible danger for the village and mobilization in police. I have three years old child, I took the child and went towards you. You were here and the child might be under danger, and shooting might damage the nervous system of the child. We left a little bit earlier, previous night they were shooting a lot and that's why we decided to leave next day.I do not remember the number. Later we moved into Karbi, village near Gori. I have a family over there, my parents are living there, but after marriage I was living in Kekhvi. But Russians bombed out Gori region as well, so we could not be safe even there. My parents also decided to leave the village and, all together, we moved to Tbilisi and stayed at my aunt's place (my father's sister). Later on we removed into rooms located in Bagebi district of Tbilisi. My brother – in –law survived, he was wearing a flak jacket, but still has some physical injuries. My mother-in-law was killed on her way to Tbilisi. She left last minute and the car was bombed out. I think there were five people sitting in the car, two of them died. One was my mother-in-law. They could not find the body of the second one at all. We buried her in Karbi.
We are getting diverse information; some people say our house does not exist anymore. But you know how they act generally: first they loot, and next burnt to ashes. People say they started from Kekhvi. I do not know, I really do not know, I did not see it personally.