At the time of the incident, Mount Achamkhara was located near the de facto border between the self-declared Republic of Abkhazia and the formerly Georgian-controlled Kodori Gorge.

The claims of both sides are different, with conflicting versions of the events and there isn't any independent confirmation, on what took place.

[1] Abkhazia claims, that at 9:25 a.m., its security post on Mount Achamkhara was raided by around 10 Georgian attackers, using automatic weapons and grenade launchers.

[2][3] Georgia claims, that its policemen were attacked by Abkhazian troops, while they were securing the Achamkhara heights in anticipation of a UNOMIG visit to the Kvabchara Valley.

It further claims, that 3 of its police officers were injured and they in turn had killed 4 Abkhazian assailants.