Baku-APA. A car, carrying lawmaker from opposition UNM party, an ally of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Givi Targamadze, exploded late on Tuesday evening in the center of Tbilisi, close to Freedom Square, APA reports quoting Georgian media.
MP Targamadze told journalist at the scene that he and his driver survived unharmed, but several by-passers were injured.
Four people were hospitalized with no-life threatening injuries, according to Healthcare Minister Davit Sergeenko.
Pictures from the scene showed substantial damage to the rear of the car.
MP Targamadze said he’s “confident” that a remote-controlled explosive device, apparently placed in rear of the vehicle, went off.
He said that he was sitting in front passenger seat, next to driver, when the explosion occurred.
Deputy Interior Minister, Besik Amiranashvili, who was at the scene told journalists that the police was investigating the case under the clause of criminal code, involving attempted murder in aggravated circumstances.
“We will try to solve the case in the nearest future – the Interior Ministry will spare no efforts for this,” he added.
In a post on his Facebook page, Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is now governor of Odessa region in Ukraine, pointed finger at ex-PM Bidzina Ivanishvili.
“I think he [Targamadze] was chosen as a target because he has been keeping active contacts with the law enforcement [officers], which scares Ivanishvili very much,” in the light of upcoming parliamentary elections on October 8, Saakashvili said.
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