Man Throws Explosives at US Embassy in Montenegro, Then Kills Self

Man Throws Explosives at US Embassy in Montenegro, Then Kills Self
Police block off the area around the US Embassy in Montenegro's capital Podgorica on Feb. 22, 2018. Savo Prelevic/AFP/Getty Images
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The U.S. embassy in Montenegro was attacked with a thrown explosive device by a suicide bomber.

The attack occurred at 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, in the capital city of Podgorica, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported. The embassy was closed at the time and nobody was injured except the attacker, who blew himself up with a second device. Montenegro state television said the attacker was a 43-year-old man who was born in Serbia but resided in Podgorica.
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