TBILISI. July 21 (Interfax-AVN) - Doctors treating Vladimir Arutyunian said the man has admitted to throwing a grenade at a podium where U.S. President George W. Bush was speaking during his visit to Tbilisi in May.
The doctors quoted Arutyunian as saying that he "would do it again."
The doctors, however, said they do not rule out that the man might have thrown a grenade in a fit of rage.
No investigation against Arutyunian, who was detained last night, has been launched yet because the Interior Ministry is waiting for the doctors' agreement, ministry sources told Interfax on Thursday.
Arutyunian sustained three non life-threatening wounds when he was being detained and is currently being treated at a Tbilisi hospital.
Investigators will begin questioning the suspect after the doctors give their permission, the sources said.
Police units have been stationed inside the hospital building.
Arutyunian's neighbors described him as a reserved person, who shared an apartment with his mother. Arutyunian was unemployed and stayed at home practically all the time.
Homemade weapons and a religious sect's literature were found in the basement of the suspect's house, according to Georgian media reports.
A high-ranking Georgian special service official, who asked not to be identified, told Interfax that "Arutyunian's detention has raised numerous questions."
"Why were only three police officers, according to Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, sent to detain such a dangerous criminal? Arutyunian killed one of them with an automatic weapon," the official said.
The official, however, said he does not rule out that "being a mentally unbalanced person, he (Arutyunian - Interfax) could have acted alone."