Attacker throws bomb at US embassy in Montenegro then blows himself up
Authorities in Podgorica have not released any theories as to the motive for the attack in the country which recently joined Nato
Police in Montenegro said Thursday they are “working intensely” to identify an assailant who threw an explosive device into the US embassy compound in the capital, Podgorica, before killing himself.
Police said that the man threw a bomb into the embassy yard and then committed suicide by activating another one around midnight Wednesday.
The blast created a crater but caused no other material damage to the embassy property, the statement said.
Police sealed off the area around the embassy after the explosion.
Officers came to the scene after receiving reports about an explosion and found a lifeless male body in the area of the Moraca river that runs through Podgorica, the statement said.
A guard at the sports centre who asked not to be named said he “heard two explosions, one after another”.