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| Vienna 'embassy bombing' foiled | Vienna 'embassy bombing' foiled |
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| Austrian police say they have arrested a man who attempted to enter the US embassy in Vienna with a bag containing explosives and nails. | Austrian police say they have arrested a man who attempted to enter the US embassy in Vienna with a bag containing explosives and nails. |
| The suspect is a 42-year-old man of Bosnian origin from the north-eastern province of Lower Austria, police spokeswoman Michaela Raz said. | The suspect is a 42-year-old man of Bosnian origin from the north-eastern province of Lower Austria, police spokeswoman Michaela Raz said. |
| He was arrested shortly after running off when his backpack triggered a metal detector at the embassy's entrance. | He was arrested shortly after running off when his backpack triggered a metal detector at the embassy's entrance. |
| Nobody was injured in the incident, but police sealed off the area afterwards. | Nobody was injured in the incident, but police sealed off the area afterwards. |
| Nearby bus and tramway lines were also re-routed. Police are also patrolling the area with bomb-sniffing dogs. | Nearby bus and tramway lines were also re-routed. Police are also patrolling the area with bomb-sniffing dogs. |
| 'Grenades' | 'Grenades' |
| The suspect was caught by police at around 1200 (1000 GMT) not far from the embassy, which is situated on Boltzmanngasse street in the capital's 9th district. | The suspect was caught by police at around 1200 (1000 GMT) not far from the embassy, which is situated on Boltzmanngasse street in the capital's 9th district. |
| Doris Edelbacher of Austria's federal counter-terrorism office said the explosives found inside his bag resembled grenades, but that explosives experts were still trying to determine whether the devices could have been detonated. | Doris Edelbacher of Austria's federal counter-terrorism office said the explosives found inside his bag resembled grenades, but that explosives experts were still trying to determine whether the devices could have been detonated. |
| "There were a lot of nails in that bag. Had it exploded, it would have had an enormous shrapnel effect," she told the Associated Press. | "There were a lot of nails in that bag. Had it exploded, it would have had an enormous shrapnel effect," she told the Associated Press. |
| The backpack also contained a book in which a reference to Islam appeared, but she said it was not clear whether the attempted attack had an Islamic background. | |
| Ms Edelbacher said the suspect spoke broken German and had for now only made "confused statements" whilst being questioned. | Ms Edelbacher said the suspect spoke broken German and had for now only made "confused statements" whilst being questioned. |
| Last month, Austrian authorities arrested three people of Arab origin in connection with a video posted online that threatened Austria and Germany with attacks if the two countries did not withdraw their military personnel from Afghanistan. | Last month, Austrian authorities arrested three people of Arab origin in connection with a video posted online that threatened Austria and Germany with attacks if the two countries did not withdraw their military personnel from Afghanistan. |
| The arrests came two days after a telephone bomb threat triggered an alert at a US air base at Spangdahlem in Germany. |