Car Rams Russian Embassy Gate In Romania Driver Dead

The sedan entered the gate at around 6am on Wednesday, but did not enter the Bucharest embassy.
The video from the aftermath shows the car engulfed in flames as security personnel crossed the area.
According to the police, the firefighters who arrived at the scene managed to extinguish the fire but the driver died on the spot.
The prosecutor in the case who arrived at the scene told reporters that several containers of flammable substances were discovered inside the car, which will be examined by medical examiners.  The accident was under investigation and an autopsy-necropsy will be performed, said the prosecutor, Bogdan Staikou.
In a statement after the incident, the Russian embassy expressed its condolences to the driver’s family.
“We must state with regret that regardless of the driver’s motives,” the statement said.  “There is no doubt that he committed this act under the influence of an explosion of anti-Russian hysteria in connection with an organized provocation in the city of Bukha.”
The embassy said no employees were injured.
Russia’s ambassador to Romania, Valery Kuzmin, told a Russian state television channel that the embassy in Bucharest had received “repeated” threats via email, according to the state-run Tass news agency.  “The atmosphere that has gradually developed here is very tense,” Kuzmin said.
Romania, which shares a long land border with Ukraine, has received more than 600,000 refugees since Russia invaded its neighbor.
Since the start of the war on February 24, protesters have gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital to stop Russian aggression.
On Tuesday, Romania ordered the deportation of 10 diplomats from the embassy following a series of deportations of Russian officials from the 27-nation European Union.
Romania’s foreign ministry said the actions of 10 embassy staffers, who have been declared persona non grata, “violate the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations”.
The incident comes just days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Romanian parliament on Monday, calling the killing of civilians in the city of Bucha a “war crime” and calling for tougher sanctions against Russia.
Prior to Zelenski’s speech, the Speaker of the Romanian House of Representatives, Marcel Ciolakou, said that the “horrific images” that emerged after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Bucha “have overwhelmed and upset us all.”

title: “Car Rams Russian Embassy Gate In Romania Driver Dead " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-13” author: “Guillermo Freeman”

The sedan entered the gate around 6 am local time, but did not enter the embassy area in Bucharest. The video from the aftermath shows the car engulfed in flames as security personnel crossed the area. According to the police, the firefighters who arrived at the scene managed to extinguish the fire but the driver died on the spot. The driver set himself on fire after the collision, a prosecutor told the media at the scene. Prosecutor Bogdan Staicu said the driver had “lit a device”, causing the car to be engulfed in flames after the collision. Staikou said the driver’s body had been sent for an autopsy and the car would be taken to a police station for further investigation. Police officers guard as the investigators of the crime of crime control the area where a car fell at the Gate of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania on Wednesday. (Octav Ganea / Reuters)
There is no immediate information on possible motivation or other details. The Russian embassy in Bucharest told the Associated Press by telephone that it could not yet provide details about the incident. Romania, which shares a long land border with Ukraine, has received more than 600,000 refugees since Russia invaded its neighbor. According to the police, the firefighters who arrived at the scene managed to extinguish the fire but the driver died on the spot. (Octav Ganea / Reuters)
Since the start of the war on February 24, protesters have gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital to demand an end to Russian aggression. On Tuesday, Romania ordered the deportation of 10 diplomats from the embassy following a series of deportations of Russian officials from the 27-nation European Union. The Romanian Foreign Ministry said the actions of 10 embassy staffers, who have been declared persona non grata, “violate the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations”. The incident comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Romanian parliament on Monday, calling the killing of civilians in the city of Bucha a “war crime” and calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. Prior to Zelenski’s speech, the Speaker of the Romanian House of Representatives, Marcel Ciolacu, said that the “horrific images” that emerged after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Bucha had “overwhelmed and upset us all”.