BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign national was detained Monday in the Romanian capital after allegedly attacking the entrance to the Israeli embassy with a Molotov cocktail, causing a small fire but causing no casualties, local media and police reported .
A 34-year-old man was detained by counter-terrorism officers from the Romanian Intelligence Service before police arrived on the scene, police in Bucharest said, adding that the suspect had also reportedly tried to set himself on fire.
Local media reported that the suspect is of Syrian nationality. A police spokesperson told local news channel Digi24 that the incident was motivated by personal grievances and not by the international context of Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Police say the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
