RIFLES FOUND IN CONCERT HALL EXPECTING GEORGIAN, ARMENIAN LEADERS – TV REPORT
Rustavi-2 TV, Tbilisi
23 Oct 04
(Presenter) Was someone planning a terrorist act against the leaders
of the two countries? Everything was ready in the Achara Music Hall
(in Tbilisi) for the arrival of (Georgian President) Mikheil
Saakashvili and (Armenian President) Robert Kocharyan when the
security service discovered a sniper rifle and a Kalashnikov
sub-machine-gun. The security officers found these weapons an hour
before the scheduled start of a jazz music concert. Investigation is
under way to find out who brought the weapons to the building. People
who have come to see the concert are now being checked more
vigorously.
(Passage omitted: a correspondent repeats the story over video showing
the weapons, a security official confirms that they have found SVD
sniper rifle and AKS-74 sub-machine-gun with two loaded magazines;
interviews with singers and members of the public)