Georgia Denies Suicide Bomber Arrived in Moscow from Tbilisi

(Tbilisi, July 7, 2003, Civil Georgia) – The Georgian Security Ministry denied reports of the Russian media sources that one of the Chechen women suicide bombers arrived in Moscow from Georgian capital Tbilisi.

At least 16 people died as a result of two Chechen suicide bombers? attack at a rock festival in Moscow on July 5. Eleven of the 49 injured remain seriously ill, with two young women in a critical condition.

?Deputy Security Minister Irakli Kotetishvili was visiting Moscow on the day of the terrorist act. He examined all the possible routes of transportation thoroughly. Thus, the information as if one of the suicide bombers ? Elkhajieva had arrived in Moscow from Tbilisi has not been confirmed,? Spokesman for the Georgian State Security Ministry Nika Laliashvili said on July 7.

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