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said they were from police. I asked them to allow me to get up but they ordered to stay in
bed; he had pointed gun at me. They asked what was happening there? We said we had
attended Ivanishvili‟s assembly and asked what they needed from us. He said they were
looking for Shorena. There was no Shorena in our house. They had already visited our
neighbors and told them they were looking for Eliza; in the other family they said they were
looking for Temo. They visited every family to scare people. Similar fact had never occurred
before and why it coincided with the assembly. Everybody had weapon except one. They
inquired why we had all left the village. We said everybody had gone to the assembly except
old people; we had travelled there by three mini-buses and some of us were even standing on
feet in the bus,” Elza Tigashvili said. “When they broke into the house my child got shocked;
he started screaming. I also screamed and told them it was my own choice whom to vote on
the Election Day. They said they did not care about votes; they were looking for Shorena.
They were asking stupid questions and visited almost every family in the village. Only I dare
to speak about this incident; people are scared and do not speak. I can recognize the person
who had gun; he was a young boy. I asked him what was the matter and he said they would
kill my husband. I said I wanted to get up but he ordered to stay in bed and cursed,” Elza
Tigashvili said. Her neighbor Ketevan Gagnidze also confirmed the information about the
attack on the families late at night on September 10. “We support Georgian Dream but we
got afraid; you know what is happening regarding this election. My husband looked out
when they called; he had stoke and has not been able to speak for four months. The armed
person asked him the surname; they did not do any harm to us and left saying they had
mixed up the family. They inquired Elza‟s house. They had visited some other families in our
neighborhood. They returned in the morning and asked me to boil coffee for them. Having
drunk it they left; they spoke perfect Georgian,” Ketevan Gagnidze told ICK. According to
the information spread in the village, the armed people were looking for certain Shorena.
However ICK found out that the strangers had not entered the families whose members had
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