Official denies Armenian origin of grenade thrown at Bush in Georgia

Regnum, Moscow
23 Jul 05

23 July: Armenia's Defence Ministry has denied reports that the hand grenade 
thrown at the US and Georgian presidents in Tbilisi on 10 May was made in 
Armenia.

The hand grenade cannot have been made in Armenia as "currently Armenia does 
not produce hand grenades", Armenian Defence Ministry spokesman Seyran 
Shakhsuvaryan said.

According to RFE/RL, Armenia used to produce hand grenades in the 1990s, but 
stopped producing them as it was not profitable and required large technical 
expenses.