Agency reports clash between Georgians, ethnic Armenians in southern district

A-Info news agency
13 Sep 04

AKHALKALAKI

Members of the Kmara [Georgian: Enough] youth movement did not take
part in the clash between Georgians and ethnic Armenians in
Ninotsminda, southern Georgia, on 6 September, a reliable source
reported.

The same source did not rule out that the Georgian State Security
Ministry could have sent the latter to Javakhetia [Georgia’s
Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti Region] on a special mission to
cause provocation there.

To recap, several employees of the Georgian State Security Ministry,
including the head of the Ninotsminda District council, brutally beat
up some people and policemen on 6 September. As a result, three
persons were rushed to hospital.