Secret Service checking report grenade lobbed toward stage during Bush Georgia visit
WASHINGTON The Secret Service says it's investigating a report that a hand grenade was thrown at the stage during President Bush's speech in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. A Secret Service spokesman says the agency was notified of the incident by Georgian authorities after Bush left the country today.
The device is said to have been thrown within 100 feet of the stage during Bush's speech. According to the report, it hit someone in the crowd and fell to the ground. It was removed by a security officer.
The Secret Service has not yet seen the device. It has agents in Tbilisi working with the F-B-I, State Department and Georgian authorities to investigate the report.
The White House hasn't commented.
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