Çelik Kapı - Serb protesters attack U.S. Embassy
(CNN-Çelik Kapı) — Angry demonstrators protesting Kosovo’s independence from Serbia attacked the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday, throwing rocks, breaking windows and setting fires.
Flames light up the facade of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Serbian TV showed someone trying to set fire to the U.S. flag at the embassy, which was closed and unstaffed when the masked protesters attacked.(Çelik Kapı)
Riot police fired tear gas at the rioters and lines of armored vehicles were on the streets before the embassy perimeter was secured. A State Department official told CNN “things are under control.”(Çelik Kapı)
U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said; “We are in contact with the Serbian government to ensure that they devote the appropriate assets to fulfill their international obligations to help protect diplomatic facilities in this case.”
Kosovo declared independence last Sunday and the United States was among the first countries to offer official recognition of its split from Serbia.
