MAJOR TERRORIST ACTS PREVENTED NEARBY OF U.S. AND BRITISH EMBASSIES IN BAKU
PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2007 13:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A series of major terrorist acts was prevented nearby
Embassies and state institutions in the Azerbaijani capital. The Azeri
Ministry of National Security reported to have detained four terrorists
and killed one. The other members of the gang are being searched.
The terrorists’ main target was the U.S. Embassy.
Diplomatic representations of other states fear that the terrorist
threat still exists.
The British Embassy suspended activities. The U.S. Embassy closed
the consular department, ORT reports.
"The U.S. Embassy still closed to the public. I expect they’ll probably
today and tomorrow have limited operations, but the Embassy took what
they believe were appropriate steps in light of threat information,
working very closely with the government of Azerbaijan. I expect that
we’ll be up and running with normal operations in the not-too-distant
future," said Mr Sean McCormack, a Spokesman for the U.S. Department
of State.
"There was some specific and credible threat information concerning
the Embassy and plans by militants to in some way do harm to the
individuals in or around the U.S. Embassy there. But we have worked
very well with the Government of Azerbaijan. Now, I think that they
have ongoing law enforcement operations designed to address the source
of the threat," he said.
"I would expect today and tomorrow that there would be limited
operations. Today, the Embassy is closed to the public. It’s likely
that it’ll be closed to the public again tomorrow. But I would expect
in the coming days, in the not-too-distant-future, that it will be
back up and running with normal operations," Mr McCormack said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
