ALBANIA: TIRANA: US MARINES KILL INTRUDER AT US EMBASSY

Описание: (23 Aug 1998) Natural Sound

U-S Marines shot dead an off duty Albanian policeman on Sunday as he tried to scale the fence surrounding an American diplomatic compound.

Security guards had tried to stop the man with warning shots, but he fired back and was eventually gunned down.

The intruder died an hour later in an Albanian military hospital.

A lone gunman was shot dead by security guards at the U-S Embassy in Tirana on Sunday after trying to invade a diplomatic compound.

The man, an off-duty Albanian police officer, was trying to scale the compound wall, but his motive is not known.

The policeman, identified as Shkelqim Shehu, 35, entered the embassy grounds from the rear.

One source described the shootout as a minor incident which had nothing to do with fears of a possible terrorist attack.

U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has told reporters that the government believes the gunman was acting alone, though she said there are continuing security concerns about all American embassies.

The United States boosted security at their Tirana embassy this week and evacuated American citizens after officials said they received evidence of a planned terrorist attack on the embassy.

At the Ambassador's residential compound, security was also stepped up.

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