 Women became targets of sadistic rape.Refugees recall people being burned to death, disembowelled and dismembered while still alive  The massacres occurred in the city park, in front of the governmental building, in schools and hospitals.Almost all members of the Abkhaz government (those who refused to leave the city), Zhiuli Shartava, Guram Gabiskiria, Alexander Berulava, Mamia Alasania, and Raul Eshba were captured and executed.