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Armenia denies connection to man arrested for attempt at Pres Bush
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
July 21, 2005 Thursday 8:54 AM Eastern Time
YEREVAN, July 21 -- Vladimir Arutyunian, an ethnic Armenian arrested
in Georgia in connection with an attempt at U.S. President George
W. Bush's life is a Georgian national and is not related to the
Republic of Armenia in any way, a spokesman for Armenian law
enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass on conditions of anonymity.
Arutyunian, 27, is suspected of throwing a combat grenade at a podium
from which President Bush addressed a rally of democracy fans in
Tbilisi May 10, 2005.
"Investigation of that incident at the meeting in Tbilisi is Georgia's
internal matter and Armenian law and order agencies are not involved
in it in any way," the spokesman said.
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
July 21, 2005 Thursday 8:54 AM Eastern Time
YEREVAN, July 21 -- Vladimir Arutyunian, an ethnic Armenian arrested
in Georgia in connection with an attempt at U.S. President George
W. Bush's life is a Georgian national and is not related to the
Republic of Armenia in any way, a spokesman for Armenian law
enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass on conditions of anonymity.
Arutyunian, 27, is suspected of throwing a combat grenade at a podium
from which President Bush addressed a rally of democracy fans in
Tbilisi May 10, 2005.
"Investigation of that incident at the meeting in Tbilisi is Georgia's
internal matter and Armenian law and order agencies are not involved
in it in any way," the spokesman said.