TBILISI, Georgia, May 11 (UPI) -- A grenade found close to where U.S. President George Bush addressed thousands of people in Georgia's capital was a non-explosive training device. Gela Bezhuashvili, secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, said Wednesday the device was a "so-called engineering grenade" found in "inactive mode," CNN reported.
The device was found Tuesday afternoon in Freedom Square in Tbilisi after Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili drew cheers in their speeches about the U.S.-Georgian alliance and friendship. Initial reports said the grenade had been thrown and struck someone in the crowd, but Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Guram Donadze said that was false. Georgian officials notified U.S. authorities, and the Secret Service, FBI and State Department all began investigating. |