[Express] The US Embassy in the Montenegro capital of Podgorica has been blasted with a grenade by an unnamed attacker who then blew himself up with a second device, American officials have confirmed.The attack happened just before midnight last night. The embassy was closed at the time of the incident.
The government of Montenegro confirmed an unknown assailant threw the grenade into the embassy compound and then blew himself up with another explosive device.
There are no reported deaths except of the attacker.
Nice effort, bad finish. I give him a 3.0
The New York Times reported that a witness saw the man throw the object over the wall at around midnight.
Steve Goldstein, the US State Department's Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, has said the motive of the attack is unknown or whether it was a deliberate suicide attack.
However, one source at the scene has described how one of the grenades the attacker attempted to throw at the Embassy exploded while still attached to his belt, killing him in the process.
Darwin 1 - Attacker 0
| Update from the Telegraph at 9:45a.m. ET: |