Iranians hurl petrol bombs at Austrian embassy
By Raheb Homavandi and Saeed Komeijani
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A crowd of about 200 people pelted the Austrian Embassy in Tehran with petrol bombs and stones on Monday to protest against the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers.
The protesters, chanting "God is Greatest" and "Europe, Europe, shame on you", smashed all the diplomatic mission's windows with stones and then tried to hurl petrol bombs inside.
Iranians throw fire bombs at Danish embassy
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A crowd of about 400 demonstrators threw petrol bombs and large rocks at the Danish embassy in Tehran on Monday night in a protest over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.
A Reuters correspondent at the scene said about 20 petrol bombs had been thrown at the embassy, which sits behind a high wall in a residential district of northern Tehran.
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