A terrible fate awaited the populations from the bKhorenia/b and Takhcha villages, who had not been able to leave the area: Most of them were herded into barns and brutally murdered. ... Yet from June to August, there was clearly no evidence of epidemics amongst the refugees; only in autumn bdid/b such outbreaks occur. Even with such an excuse, it is not possible to exonerate the Georgian government of its delinquency in taking care of the needs of its displaced citizens. ...
