Posted on 02/22/2018 4:49:31 AM PST by NorseViking
PODGORICA, Montenegro — An attacker threw a hand grenade at the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro’s capital and then killed himself with another explosive device, officials said Thursday.
No one else apparently was hurt and there was no major damage. Police sealed off the area after the blasts around midnight local time (6 p.m. ET Wednesday).
The State Department said embassy officials were working with police to identify the assailant and was seeking to confirm that all staff were safe.
Police officers armed with submachine guns were out on the streets near the building on Thursday morning.
U.S. citizens were advised to stay away from the embassy until further notice and visas were not being issued on Thursday.
Montenegro borders the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Europe and its capital is Podgorica. It joined NATO last year despite strong opposition from its traditional Slavic ally Russia.
Several people, including two Russian secret service operatives, are on trial in Podgorica on charges that they wanted to overthrow Montenegro’s government in 2016 because of its pro-Western policies.
Montenegro is the smallest of all former Yugoslav republics.
The U.S. established diplomatic ties with the tiny Balkan state in 2006 after it split from much larger Serbia.
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Just such little information here, but I am guessing he was by himself and that there was not a crowd of protestors.
Well, that was a pointless and dopey final gesture.
Wouldn’t you think you would hang around a bit to see how your ‘work’ went before blowing yourself up?
That’ll show ‘em!
It was a double win. One jihadi dirt napping and two explosive devices off the Montenegran streets.
Well. I guess he showed us.
Allah Fubar?
Epic F A I L!
The deceased had no idea how thick the walls of the embassy were and provided an incredible futile gesture.
I really do feel for the locally employed staff who will have to clean his gesture up.
He was in the Jihad intern program...
One of Bill Clinton’s Albanian KLA buddies?
No doubt his family was promised $$ for his ‘martyrdom’.
Certainly one of them. Immediately after Kosovo Albanians started in Montenegro proper. Fortunately, Clinton decided not to intervene against the government. Apparently Montenegro defensive ‘atrocities’ were somehow less of an issue for him.
He was a lone terrorist.
He was probably angered by a YouTube video denigrating muslims.
Guessing he didn’t get his 17 virgins since he failed to take any infidels out with him.
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