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Thursday, September 14, 1995
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U.S. embassy in Russia attacked
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — A rocket-propelled grenade slammed into the U.S. Embassy in central Moscow yesterday, punched through a thick brick wall and exploded in an empty office. No one was injured.
No one has claimed responsibility, and Russian officials would not speculate on the reasons for the attack, which came as anti-American sentiment was high because of the NATO airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs.
"This is not a reflection of the relations between our countries. It's the act of a lone maniac," a senior Russian security official
said, asking that his name not be used.
The grenade struck the yellow-and-white building at the level of the sixth floor with a huge boom, and a thick cloud of smoke swirled around the 10-story building.
Embassy spokesman Richard Hoagland said the missile penetrated the outer wall and exploded inside a large photocopy machine in a small room. The machine absorbed most of the shock. No one was in the room and no one was injured, he said.
Glass and shrapnel fragments, including what looked like the tail of the grenade, littered the pavement in front of the embassy.
"There were no warning calls," Hoagland said. "As of now, no one has claimed responsibility."
In Washington, White House press secretary Mike McCurry condemned the attack.
"But we will work together with the Russian authorities to determine what we can find out very quickly about the nature of the attack," he said.
Shaken security guards said the grenade was fired from across the 12-lane street in front of the embassy, on the busy Garden Ring road that circles central Moscow, about a mile from the Kremlin.
Hoagland said a spent grenade launcher, a mask and a glove were
found across the street, along with a large paper bag in which the launcher may have been concealed.
There were no reports of arrests. Some Russian media reports said the attacker or attackers escaped in a waiting car.
All but essential personnel were evacuated from the embassy, but the modern annex behind the main building remained open. Ambassador Thomas Pickering was in Washington.
Interior Ministry troops, city police and embassy security guards cordoned off the area in front of the building, but rush-hour traffic continued to crawl along the broad boulevard in front.
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