Suspected Bush Bomber in Hospital
Civil.ge reports that the Vladimir Arutyunyan, suspected of throwing a grenade at the U.S. President George Bush in May is in hospital with light wounds.
Vladimir Arutunian, who is, according to officials, is suspect in the Bush grenade incident, is currently in Tbilisi Republican Hospital and has not yet been interrogated by investigators. Arutunian has three light wounds – none of them posing any serious threat to his health, doctors say. It is expected that Arutunian will be transferred to the prison hospital later today. No criminal charges have been officially been brought against him yet.
Interestingly, nobody I’ve spoken to in Yerevan has heard the news so far. However, I haven’t watched TV today so it will be interesting to find out if the TV news has covered the arrest and if it hasn’t, when it will.
As of 2.30pm Yerevan time, Arminfo and PanArmenian.net haven’t published any of this headline-grabbing news. A1 Plus is, of course, on holiday but after updating their site with news of USAID’s announcement to review its work in Armenia, let’s see what happens later. Mediamax also hasn’t posted any news at all so far.
I think this news has got quite a few people rattled.
