Montenegro police: US Embassy attacker ex-soldier

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — The man who hurled a bomb into the U.S. Embassy compound in Montenegro's capital, and then killed himself, was an ex-soldier apparently decorated by former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic after NATO's bombing of Serbia and Montenegro in 1999, authorities said Thursday.

A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said the man was 43-year-old Dalibor Jaukovic, who was identified by a close relative.

At a news conference, police formally identified the suspect by his initials D.J., in line with what the police official said earlier. The man had no criminal record and the attack wasn't an act of terrorism, police said.

Police added they were investigating his motives and whether he had acted alone. They said security was beefed up around all foreign embassies in Montenegro.

"Measures are being taken together with the FBI agents to check the social networks this individual has used," senior police official Enis Bakovic said.

The U.S. State Department said it doesn't believe the attack "is part of an ongoing threat." State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said that consular operations at the embassy closed Thursday for the day "out of an abundance of caution" but that the embassy remains open for emergency services.

Source: Yahoo News