5 injured after UNM MP’s car explodes in central Tbilisi
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Five people were seriously injured after the car belonging to United National Movement Member of Parliament Givi Targamadze exploded in central Tbilisi this evening.
Targamadze was returning home from the office, sitting in the front passenger’s seat, when the explosion happened just after 20:00.
The vehicle was near the flower market near the embankment, and was being driven by the MP’s driver. Both men suffered minor injuries while five people passing by were taken to hospital in various conditions.
The first deputy of Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Besik Amiranashvili told local media from the site that an investigation had been launched for attempted murder under aggravating circumstances.
Police and experts are currently working at the site.
The Ministry will do everything to find out the reason for the explosion, as soon as possible,” underlined the police high official.
A fragment of the car explosion. Photo from Adrian Scoffham's Facebook page.
Several eyewitnesses posted pictures of the site on social media, saying they heard the explosion about 20:10 local time.
Security and emergency services were on the site shortly after.
Prime Minister addressed the nation in a special video statement saying "this heinous crime can only serve the purpose of a force that is unable to make its peace with the free and peaceful electoral environment in our country”.
Georgia’s Ministry of Health issued a statement about the condition of the patients who were injured when a car belonging to an opposition Member of Parliament (MP) exploded just after 8pm.
The United States (US) Embassy in Georgia is condemning last night’s car explosion in central Tbilisi that targeted a Member of Parliament’s vehicle and left several members of the public injured.
A top official within Georgia’s ruling party says the explosion of an opposition MP’s car in central Tbilisi last night, which injured five people, is "directly connected to the on-going political and election processes” in Georgia.
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili says the car explosion of an opposition Member of Parliament in central Tbilisi last night was a "terrorist act".
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Georgia Janos Herman strongly denounces the explosion of an opposition MP’s car in central Tbilisi last night, which injured five people.
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