Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 24 / Trend N. Kirtzkhalia /
A terrorist act against Imedi TV was organized upon the instructionsof a Russian military officer, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
"A detainee, Gogita Arkania, gave testimony. It became known that he placed explosive devices in combat readiness on the territory of Imedi TV company in October 2010. He was instructed by Russian Major Eugene Borisov and a Georgian citizen Murman Tshadaya," the ministry said.
Explosive devices were found and neutralized by the staff of the Mine Action Center for Special Operations of the Georgian Interior Ministry today, the interior ministry said.
The Georgian law enforcement bodies have completed demining activities on the territory of Imedi. According to the Imedi TV channel, criminologists detonated one explosive device on the spot and two explosive devices were taken to a safe place.
The agency reported that law enforcement officers supposedly received information about the bomb from a defendant in the case of a series of attacks in the country, Gogity Arkania. He was at the scene and showed police where the explosive devices containing RDX had been planted.
Georgia arrested 6 people in a series of attacks in various parts of the country in 2010.
The Georgian interior ministry detained three individuals suspected of organizing and committing the terrorist attacks in Georgia in 2010.
The explosions took place in Tbilisi near the U.S. Embassy on Sept. 22, on the Chaladidi railway bridge in the Khobi region on Oct. 2, at the Tbilisi railway station on Oct. 21, and on the outskirts of Tbilisi in the Mukhiani region on Nov.28.
There were two explosions in Tbilisi on Nov. 28. The first blast sounded on Javakhishvili Street near the office of the Labor Party.
Another organizer Mukhran Tskhadaia is being wanted by the police.