{"id":1421511,"date":"2022-04-06T08:59:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421511"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:00:04","slug":"car-rams-into-russian-embassy-in-romania-carrying-flammable-substances-driver-pronounced-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/car-rams-into-russian-embassy-in-romania-carrying-flammable-substances-driver-pronounced-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Rams into Russian Embassy in Romania Carrying &#039;Flammable Substances&#039;, Driver Pronounced Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcar-rams-into-russian-embassy-in-romania-carrying-flammable-substances-driver-pronounced-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) \u2013 A car carrying containers of flammable substances crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital early Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing the driver, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. Wednesday but did not enter the Bucharest embassy compound.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Video of the aftermath showed the car engulfed in flames as security personnel ran through the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The case prosecutor who arrived at the scene told reporters that several containers with flammable substances were discovered inside the car, which will be examined by forensics experts. The crash was under investigation and an autopsy will be carried out, the prosecutor, Bogdan Staicu, said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20544770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239780584.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Policemen work at the site where a vehicle crashed into the entrance of the Russian Embassy to Romania on April 6, 2022, after a man rammed his car into the gates of the diplomatic mission, then set himself on fire inside the vehicle and died, according to police. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU \/ AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a statement after the incident, the Russian embassy expressed condolences to the family of the driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must state with regret that whatever the motives of the driver,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThere is no doubt that he committed this act under the influence of an explosion of anti-Russian hysteria in connection with a staged provocation in the city of Bucha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The embassy said no employees were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u00b4s ambassador to Romania, Valery Kuzmin, told a Russian state-owned television channel that the embassy in Bucharest has \u201crepeatedly\u201d received threats by email, according to the state news agency Tass. \u201cThe atmosphere that has been gradually forming here is very tense,\u201d Kuzmin said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Romania, which shares a long land border with Ukraine, has taken in more than 600,000 refugees since Russia invaded its neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Since the war started Feb. 24, protesters have gathered outside Russia\u2019s embassy in the capital to call an end to the Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20544779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239780450.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20544779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239780450.png\" alt=\"Romanian police forces secure the area around the Russian Embassy to Romania in Bucharest, April 6, 2022, after a man rammed his car into the gates of the diplomatic mission, then set himself on fire inside the vehicle and died, according to police. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU \/ AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romanian police forces secure the area around the Russian Embassy to Romania in Bucharest, April 6, 2022, after a man rammed his car into the gates of the diplomatic mission, then set himself on fire inside the vehicle and died, according to police. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU \/ AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, Romania ordered 10 diplomats from the embassy expelled following a string of expulsions of Russian officials across the 27-nation European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s Foreign Ministry said the actions of 10 embassy workers, who have been declared persona non grata, \u201ccontravene the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes days after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Romania\u00b4s parliament Monday, when he labeled the slaying of civilians in the town of Bucha a \u201cwar crime\u201d and called for tougher sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Before Zelenskyy\u2019s address, Romania\u2019s President of the Chamber of Deputies, Marcel Ciolacu, said that the \u201chorrible images\u201d that emerged after Russian troops withdrew from Bucha have \u201coverwhelmed and revolted us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) \u2013 A car carrying containers of flammable substances crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital early Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}