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| Explosion at US embassy in Montenegro | Explosion at US embassy in Montenegro |
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| There has been an explosion at the US Embassy in Montenegro, the government says. | There has been an explosion at the US Embassy in Montenegro, the government says. |
| An unidentified attacker threw an explosive device into the embassy compound in the capital Podgorica, before killing himself, it tweeted. | |
| It said the device thrown was likely a hand grenade. No other injuries have been reported. | |
| The US embassy earlier issued a security alert, advising citizens to stay away from the mission. | The US embassy earlier issued a security alert, advising citizens to stay away from the mission. |
| The explosion is reported to have taken place at midnight local time on Wednesday. | The explosion is reported to have taken place at midnight local time on Wednesday. |
| Police are investigating the incident and who might have been behind it. A senior official from the US state department told the New York Times that the motive for the attack was unknown. | |
| Steve Goldstein, the under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, said no-one in the embassy was injured. | |
| A guard at a nearby sports centre told the AFP news agency he "heard two explosions, one after another". | |
| He added: "Police came very quickly and the body of a man was taken away." | |
| Montenegro, home to about 630,000 people, emerged as a sovereign state after an independence referendum in 2006. | Montenegro, home to about 630,000 people, emerged as a sovereign state after an independence referendum in 2006. |
| The vote heralded the end of the former Union of Serbia and Montenegro - itself created only three years earlier out of the remnants of the former Yugoslavia. | The vote heralded the end of the former Union of Serbia and Montenegro - itself created only three years earlier out of the remnants of the former Yugoslavia. |