2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica
On 22 February 2018, a Serbian-born man threw an explosive grenade inside the embassy of the United States in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. He then blew himself up outside the compound with another explosive. The attack occurred around midnight when the embassy was closed, and nobody was wounded.[1] Russian authorities denied any involvement.[2]
| 2018 United States embassy attack | |
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| Location |  Podgorica, Montenegro |
| Date | February 22, 2018 12:30 am |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | M75 hand grenade |
| Deaths | 1 (suicide) |
| Perpetrator | Dalibor Jauković |
Perpetrator
Dalibor Jauković was born in 1976 in Kraljevo, Serbia, and formerly served in the Yugoslav Army. He was a veteran of the Kosovo War. The U.S. State Department noted that Jauković was opposed to Montenegro's membership of NATO (Montenegro joined in 2017).[3]
References
- All RFE/RL sites (2018-02-23). "Embassy Attacker In Montenegro Had Anti-NATO Views". Rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- "Bomb Thrown at U.S. Embassy in Montenegro; Attacker Kills Himself - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- All RFE/RL sites (2018-02-23). "Montenegrin Police Say Man Who Attacked U.S. Embassy Left Suicide Note". Rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
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