Foreign Connection in Gori Terror Attack

Georgian Minister of Police and Public Security Vano Merabishvili has ruled out any South-Ossetian connection in the terror attack committed in Gori.

"I can state with a high degree of probability that the terror attack in Gori was not committed by Georgian or South-Ossetian criminal groups. More likely, it has been organized from outside Georgia", said V. Merabishvili after an extraordinary meeting of the Georgian National Security Council.

"We have requested our colleagues in Russia to actively aid us in investigating this crime and apprehending its planners and executors", the Minister said.

According to the latest data, three police officers and one passer-by died in the explosion at the police station in Gori, 27 people were injured, seven of them are in a bad state. Among the wounded are seven women.

A witness of the crime has been found, it is a young man who saw the suspect a few minutes before the explosion. The police have a description of the suspected terrorist who blew up the car using a remote control device.

Meanwhile security measures have been intensified in Gori. Police cordons have been set up at the town entry.