Rioters Break Into Belgrade's US Embassy

by The Associated Press | February 21, 2008 at 10:37 am
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Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to the facade after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence, as a protest attended by at least 150,000 people comes to a head. 

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Masked attackers were seen climbing over a first-floor railing on the building and trying to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out along the mission's front facade.

The neighboring Croatian Embassy also was attacked by the same group of protesters.

Riot police intervened, firing tear gas and driving a number of armored jeeps down the street to clear the crowd.

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Albert Milliron
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The Associated Press, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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Nikola Vujicic

KOSOVO IS SERBIA...
MORE THEN 500.000 PEOPLE ON MITING!

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Jordan Yerman

Zlender, based in Slovenia, just told me that they found a burnt body inside the US Embassy; apparently it's one of the protestors.

ryan
ryan
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great photos!

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belgrade2.0

read the full story at:
http://belgrade.org.yu/blog/561/dont-blame-the-kids-riots-in-belgrade

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ryan

Riots spread to British embassy. See here.

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