{"id":59418,"date":"2018-02-22T05:40:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59418"},"modified":"2018-02-22T05:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:40:59","slug":"us-embassy-in-montenegro-attacked-with-grenade-prompting-security-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/us-embassy-in-montenegro-attacked-with-grenade-prompting-security-scare.html","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy in Montenegro attacked with grenade, prompting security scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">US Embassy in Montenegro attacked with grenade, prompting security scare<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The U.S. Embassy in the Balkan state of Montenegro was attacked Thursday by an individual armed with a hand grenade, who hurled the explosive at the compound before blowing himself up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The area was sealed off by the police and the embassy warned Americans to avoid the area because of \u201can active security situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe U.S. embassy in Podgorica advises U.S. citizens there is an active security situation at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica,\u201d it said. \u201cAvoid the embassy until further notice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The government of Montenegro said an unknown assailant threw the grenade into the embassy compound in the evening and then blew himself up with another explosive device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">There are no reported deaths except of the attacker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The New York Times reported that a witness saw the man throw the object over the wall at around midnight. The embassy was closed at the time of the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Times reported that security officials swept the grounds and found no other threats. Employees were told to stay home on Thursday, the paper reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Montenegro borders the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Europe and its capital is Podgorica. It joined NATO last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The U.S. established diplomatic ties with the tiny Balkan state in 2006 after it split from much larger Serbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2018\/02\/22\/us-embassy-in-montenegro-attacked-with-grenade-prompting-security-scare.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/us-embassy-in-montenegro-attacked-with-grenade-prompting-security-scare.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Embassy in Montenegro attacked with grenade, prompting security scare The U.S. Embassy in the Balkan state of Montenegro was attacked Thursday by an individual armed with a hand grenade, who hurled the explosive at the compound before blowing himself up. 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