Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 7 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /
Georgia was able to avoid very serious acts of terrorism by denouncing and arresting members of a terrorist group, President Mikheil Saakashvili said in Batumi today before flying to Mexico.
"I want to say 'thank you' to the police, who detained the group that prepared serious terrorist attacks on our territory," he said.
He added that preliminary data show that the attacks were prepared from the occupied territories, and represented a serious threat.
"Of course, all of these preliminary findings must be confirmed by a court, but one can say exactly that we were able to avoid a high risk," Saakashvili said.
On the night of Nov. 28, two powerful blasts were heard in Tbilisi -- one near the office of the opposition Labor Party on Javakhishvili Street and second near a shop in the Mukhiani micro-district, which killed one woman and injured five people.
The first bomb went off at around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday night. The blast broke a wall of a nearby building and shattered a large window.
On Sept. 22, a bomb exploded at a cemetery in the Digomy district, which is located between a former car market and the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi. According to Tbilisi City Hall, an explosive device was found 40 meters from the entrance to the embassy under a cemetery wall.