Assassination Attempt on Bush

Date: May 10, 2005 • Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. president George W. Bush and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.

Vladimir Arutyunian is a Georgian national who, on 10 May 2005, attempted to assassinate United States President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili by throwing a hand grenade at both of them. The attempt failed when the grenade did not detonate. He was later arrested following a shootout in which he killed Zurab Kvlividze, an intelligence agent, and was sentenced to life in prison.