GEORGIA: Georgian sentenced to life for U.S. President George W. Bush grenade attack
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643449
GEORGIA: Georgian sentenced to life for U.S. President George W. Bush grenade attack
- Title: GEORGIA: Georgian sentenced to life for U.S. President George W. Bush grenade attack
- Date: 12th January 2006
- Summary: INTERIOR OF COURT/ JUDGE READING OUT VERDICT ACCUSED MAN, VLADIMIR ARUTUNYAN BEHIND SECURITY CAGE IN COURT SECURITY IN COURT PEOPLE AND LAWYER FOP SUSPECT, LIZA JAPARIDZE, IN COURT CLOSE-UP OF AURTUNYAN WRITING A NOTE ARUTUNYAN HANDING NOTE TO HIS LAWYER JAPARIDZE WIDE OF COURT ROOM SECURITY IN COURT JUDGE ENDS READING OUT SENTENCE AGAINST ARUTUNYAN SUSPECT TAKEN OUT OF SECURITY CAGE AND LED AWAY JUDGE LEAVING COURT ROOM
- Embargoed: 27th January 2006 12:00
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- Location: Georgia
- Country: Georgia
- Reuters ID: LVA9WZJ8QNN0M7VWWDVS35OPFWEL
- Story Text: A man who tried to blow up U.S. President George W. Bush with a grenade in the former Soviet state of Georgia last year was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday (January 11), a court said.
Vladimir Arutunyan, a Tbilisi resident, threw the grenade at Bush while the president was addressing a crowd in the main square of the Georgian capital last May.
U.S. officials said at the time the grenade, which landed within 50 metres of Bush, failed to explode because of a malfunction.
Arutunyan confessed to the crime but later retracted his confession. His lawyer Liza Japaridze said he would appeal.
The security scare marred Bush's trip to Georgia, intended to show U.S. support for the government that came to power after the "Rose Revolution" of 2003. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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