A man threw an explosive at the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro before blowing himself up after midnight on Thursday. Montenegro officials says an attacker threw a grenade at the US Embassy in the capital of the Balkan state then killed himself with another explosive device.
The area was sealed off by police, and the embassy warned Americans to avoid the area because of ‘an active security situation’.
Montenegro’s government said the unknown assailant hurled the grenade into the embassy compound around midnight local time and then killed himself with another explosive device.
Messaging in English on its official Twitter account, the government said that ‘an unknown person committed suicide with an explosive device’.A
It added: ‘Immediately before, that person threw an explosive device from the intersection near the Sport Center into the US embassy compound.’
A Reuters photographer in Podgorica said a police vehicle blocked the street where the embassy is located, adding that no damage was visible.
The embassy warned US citizens to stay away until further notice.
‘The U.S. embassy in Podgorica advises US citizens there is an active security situation at the US embassy in Podgorica,’ it said on its website.
‘Avoid the embassy until further notice.’ No one else was hurt and there was no major damage.
Montenegro, the smallest of all former Yugoslav republics, was the 29th country to join NATO last May. Montenegro borders the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Europe and its capital is Podgorica.
The US established diplomatic ties with the tiny Balkan state in 2006 after it split from much larger Serbia.
‘The U.S. embassy in Podgorica advises US citizens there is an active security situation at the US embassy in Podgorica,’ it said on its website.
Montenegro, the smallest of all former Yugoslav republics, was the 29th country to join NATO last May. Montenegro borders the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Europe and its capital is Podgorica.
The US established diplomatic ties with the tiny Balkan state in 2006 after it split from much larger Serbia.
