{"id":59426,"date":"2018-02-22T05:38:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59426"},"modified":"2018-02-22T05:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:38:28","slug":"montenegro-man-threw-grenade-us-embassy-killed-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/montenegro-man-threw-grenade-us-embassy-killed-self.html","title":{"rendered":"Montenegro: Man Threw Grenade at US Embassy Then Killed Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Montenegro: Man Threw Grenade at US Embassy Then Killed Self<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Montenegro&#8217;s government said Thursday that an attacker threw a hand grenade at the U.S. Embassy in the capital of the Balkan state and then killed himself 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\">The area was sealed off by police, and the embassy warned Americans to avoid the area because of &#8220;an active security situation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Montenegro&#8217;s government said the unknown assailant hurled the grenade into the embassy compound around midnight (1100 GMT Wednesday) and then killed himself with another explosive device. No one else was apparently hurt and there was no major damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;The Embassy is currently conducting an internal review to confirm the safety of all staff,&#8221; the State Department in Washington said.<\/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 despite strong opposition from its traditional Slavic ally Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Several people, including two Russian secret service officers, are currently being tried in Podgorica on charges that they wanted to overthrow Montenegro&#8217;s government in 2016 because of its pro-Western policies.<\/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:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2018-02-21\/us-embassy-in-montenegro-warns-of-active-security-situation<\/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\/world-news\/montenegro-man-threw-grenade-us-embassy-killed-self.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>Montenegro: Man Threw Grenade at US Embassy Then Killed Self Montenegro&#8217;s government said Thursday that an attacker threw a hand grenade at the U.S. Embassy in the capital of the Balkan state and then killed himself with another explosive device. 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