A member of staff has been injured in a suspected letter bomb attack inside the British embassy in Zagreb, Croatia. The worker - a local man - received "very minor injuries" after a device exploded in a post room at about 0630 BST, the UK Foreign Office said. A spokesman said he was unaware of any threats to the embassy but security at the building has been stepped up. In a statement, Croatian President Stipe Mesic condemned the explosion as a "terrorist attack".
Police are investigating the blast, which comes after several embassies received threatening letters this year. Ambassador Sir John Ramsden is understood to have attended the embassy in the capital as the investigation got under way. Eyewitnesses said there was no visible damage. Sniffer dogs were being used as Croatian officers carried out searches of the building. The EU postponed entry talks with Croatia in March over the country's failure to co-operate fully with the United Nations war crimes tribunal. |