Will the Islamophobia never end?
“Man with grenades arrested at U.S. embassy: Austrian police say he’s a Bosnia native, had Islamic literature,” from MSNBC (thanks to all who sent this in):
VIENNA, Austria – Austrian authorities said they arrested a man on Monday after he tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna carrying a backpack with explosives.
The man tried to flee after his backpack triggered metal detectors at the embassy entrance. He was arrested nearby and was being questioned.
Officials said the backpack was found to contain two hand grenades, nails and Islamic literature.
“There were a lot of nails in that bag. Had it exploded, it would have had an enormous shrapnel effect,” said Doris Edelbacher, of Austria’s federal counterterrorism office.
The explosives resembled hand grenades, she told reporters, and munitions experts were working to determine whether the device had been properly rigged to explode.
The suspect “” described only as a 42-year-old Bosnia native who now lives in the province of Lower Austria “” was taken into police custody around noon, Vienna police spokeswoman Michaela Raz said. No one was injured.