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| Sweden: Iranian diplomat brandishes gun in embassy |
| 2006-07-09 |
| An Iranian diplomat walked into Iran's embassy in Stockholm on Saturday and threatened his colleagues with a gun, but no shots were fired in the incident, police said. The diplomat, who was not identified but is employed at the embassy, then left in a car but was later found by police near his house in the Stockholm suburb of Lidingo, police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson said. The man has diplomatic immunity and cannot be arrested or interrogated by police unless his diplomat status is revoked, she said. Instead, he was taken to a hospital because "he was not feeling too well," Nilsson said. It was unclear what prompted the incident, which happened shortly after 1 p.m. (1100GMT), or how many employees were in the embassy at the time, she said. Embassy officials could not immediately be reached for comment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 brandishes gun in embassy Is that what they're calling it these days? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-07-09 17:06 |
| #4 Instead, he was taken to a hospital because "he was not feeling too well," Nilsson said. Probably had to go to the hospital because he had a fit of rationality hit him after he had practiced his particular brand of "diplomacy" on his colleagues. His superiors' response to reporters questions about the incident: "He was following our diplomatic protocol. You're lucky he wasn't mad." |
| Posted by: grb 2006-07-09 11:29 |
| #3 Well, at least this proves that if/when they got nukes, they'll use it with concern and level-headedness, I'm very confident in it. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-09 03:27 |
| #2 YJCMTSU... Boggles.. WTF??? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-09 02:26 |
| #1 Arm all the Iraniacs at the Embassy - and encourge them to vent their 'blue-on-blue' fantasies - on one another. Anyone representing the present Iranian regime is - by definition - an oxyen thief. Put all these mad dogs down. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2006-07-09 02:04 |