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Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:08PM Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy in Serbia and Set Fire Over Kosovo Independence
Thursday, February 21, 2008
DEVELOPING STORY ...
Rioters stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday and started a fire in protest of Kosovo's declaration of independence earlier this week.
Masked attackers broke into the building, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out inside one of the offices. The neighboring Croatian Embassy also was attacked by the same group.
Crowds outside cheered and chanted, egging the demonstrators on as they stormed the embassy, which was closed at the time and had no police guarding it, Reuters reported.
Riot police drove armored jeeps down the street and fired tear gas to clear the crowd.
U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Thursday urged the Serbian government to protect the U.S. Embassy. He said the U.S. ambassador was at his home and was in contact with U.S. officials
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