Bush Grenade Attacker Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

A court in Tbilisi found Vladimer Arutunian guilty of trying to kill U.S. President George W. Bush during the latter?s public speech in Tbilisi on May 10, 2005 and sentenced him to life imprisonment on January 11.

Arutunian was also found guilty of killing a security officer during a fatal clash before Arutunian?s arrest in July, 2005.

During the trial Arutunian exercised his right to silence, saying that he would testify only in the presence of international human rights organizations.

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