Tbilisi, capital of Georgia
Israel is blaming Iran for a thwarted car bombing attempt on one of its ambassadors in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
The bomb was found Monday morning on the car of a driver for the Israeli Embassy, who noticed a package attached to the undercarriage of his vehicle. He called the police and they were able to remove the explosives before they went off.
A grenade was inside the package, embassy officials explained to the Washington Post.
The discovery coincides with a car bomb attack on the wife of an Israeli ambassador in New Delhi, India. A person rode up to the car, placed a grenade on it, and drove away. The bomb went off seconds later, severely injuring the woman and hurting three others.
A third attack occurred in Bangkok, Thailand the same day, where an Iranian national lost his leg after a grenade he threw at police chasing him bounced back and exploded.
Israel has blamed all three of the incidents on Iran for retaliating against recent assassinations of its top nuclear scientists. Also accused is Hezbollah, which recently marked the anniversary of the 2008 assassination of one of its commanders, Imad Mughniyeh, in a bombing widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
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