A 34-year-old Syrian citizen threw a Molotov cocktail at the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Bucharest today. causing a small fire, but without casualties, the Associated Press and Agerpress reported, quoted by BTA.
Anti-terrorist units of the Romanian police caught the man and took him to a police station.
According to judicial sources referred to by Agerpress, the man resorted to this action because he was not accepted at the embassy.
According to the data we have, it is not an anti-Semitic act, but dissatisfaction with the granting of a residence, Romanian police spokesman Georgian Dragan told Antena 3 TV. The spokesman added that the investigation into the incident is ongoing and will be checked the person's criminal record and history.
The Romanian police also specified that the actions of the Syrian are not related to Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip.