The Bloody Massacre in Pankisi

by Date Tutashhia, Tbilisi , Kavkaz Center

"At five o'clock in the morning (06.07.2005) the Georgian special troops approached the house of Sultan (Vaha) Gumashvili, an inhabitant of Duisi, who lived in the center of the village. Nobody knows the further development of events. It is known only, that for the moment of the beginning of the fight a relative of Vaha, Avto, was together with him in the house, who did not want to leave Gumashvili alone.

It is also known a little about the reasons of the arrival of the Georgian special troops. According to some information several days before Gumashvili had shot at the criminal, who earlier attacked his wife, but the wounded man managed to escape. However, it is not clear yet, what actually was the reason for the retaliatory expedition of the Georgian armies in Duisi."

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