"The Tragedy of April 9" is the repression of the opposition demonstration in front of the seat of the government of the Republic of Georgia in Tbilisi by the armed forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and the Soviet Army on the night of April 9, 1989, which caused civilian casualties: 19 DEAD (18 from asphyxiation following the jostling or ingestion of chemicals, 1 death from a head trauma) and more than 600 injured ... The film tells the story of a certain Bukassov who during his service in Afghanistan used chemical weapons also used in Tbilisi.
