A POSSIBLE hand grenade was reportedly thrown toward a stage in Georgia where US President George W. Bush was giving a speech today, but the device was taken away by a Georgian security officer, the US Secret Service said.
"After the president departed the country of Georgia we were notified by host country authorities of a report that during the president's speech in Tbilisi a device described as a possible hand grenade was thrown within 100 feet (30m) of the stage," said Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry.
... Citing a US official, the network said the grenade's safety pin had been removed.
Mr Bush was speaking before tens of thousands of cheering Georgians in Tbilisi's Freedom Square when the incident occurred.
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