Jakarta –
Terrifying! A man suddenly set off an explosive device at a courthouse in the capital Montenegro, Podgorica. The man died in the explosion and five other people were injured.
Reported by the news agency AFPSaturday (4/3/2023), the incident occurred on Friday (3/3) local time at the Basic Court of Montenegro — the lower-level judicial body that deals with municipal cases in the Montenegrin capital.
“He activated a high-power explosive device as he entered the courthouse, and died instantly,” said Srdjan Korac, a senior police officer in the city.
“There are also five injured people who have been hospitalized. The injuries should not be serious,” he added.
Police cordoned off the area sometime after the bomb explodes. No damage was seen outside the resulting courthouse bomb explosion it was, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.
Police said that investigations into a possible motive behind the explosion were ongoing.
Following the blast, court officials called for increased security at the country’s court buildings, saying the matter had long been brought to the attention of the authorities.
“We have been emphasizing this for years,” said Zeljka Jovicevic, president of the Basic Court in Podgorica.
Zdravko Begovic, president of the Montenegrin Bar Association echoed the same sentiment, saying that security needed to be improved.
“This must be taken seriously,” he said.
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