Gevork Gevorkyan

Gevork Gevorkyan, an ethnic Armenian, was stabbed to death by a Georgian in a fight outside a local restaurant. The murder in the village of Kushi in the Tsalka district in southern Georgia has provoked a wave of clashes between Georgians and Armenians. Most of the clashes have been in Tsalka and the town of Akhalkalaki (outside of Tsalka), which are predominantly inhabited by Armenians. On March 14, the day of Gevorkyan's funeral, the Georgian government sent in special troops.