Explosives-Carrying Man Arrested Near US Embassy in Vienna (Austria)

**American Patriot** · October 1st, 2007, 15:49

Explosives-Carrying Man Arrested Near US Embassy in Vienna (Austria)
Deutsche Presse--Agentur (via Monsters and Critics News) ^ | 10/1/2007 | n/a

Vienna - A man was arrested in Vienna Monday after he planted a backpack filled with explosives and nails in a street near the US embassy to Austria, the Austrian press agency reported.

According to initial information the suspect, a man with Bosnian background living outside Vienna, suddenly dropped the bag filled with hand grenades and other explosives in Pfluggasse in Vienna's 9th district. Before that he had visited the US-embassy in nearby Boltzmanngasse, police said.

**American Patriot** · October 1st, 2007, 17:35

Bosnian with Grenades Arrested Trying to Enter U.S. Embassy in Vienna (Had Islamic literature)

AP Via Fox News ^ | 10-01-07

VIENNA, Austria — A man who tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna with a backpack that contained hand grenades, nails and Islamic literature was arrested Monday, Austrian authorities said.

The suspect was taken into police custody around after he was seen dropping the bag and fleeing on foot, Vienna police spokeswoman Michaela Raz said.

No one was injured, but police sealed off the neighborhood as a precaution and shut down or rerouted nearby bus and tramway lines.

The suspect was described only as a 42-year-old Bosnia native who now lives in the province of Lower Austria. Police said they made the arrest a short distance from the embassy building in a neighborhood where security is tight.

Raz said explosives experts were examining the contents of the backpack and would blow it up if deemed necessary.

It was unclear whether the suspect actually entered the

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