Charred body found at US Embassy

Serbians pissed that US supported the independence of Kosovo vented their rage by burning the US embassy in Belgrade. Now security officials from the embassy announced they found a charred body inside the embassy compound.

A charred body was found inside the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, after rioters stormed the complex Thursday evening in protest of Kosovo's declaration of independence, sources in Belgrade told FOX News.

The embassy gave a statement but wouldn't confirm the reports, which originated in the Serbian media.

"The security personnel are clearing the embassy as we speak … at this moment, they are unaware of any body being found in or outside of the embassy," the statement read. "They've gotten lots of calls about it, but cannot confirm it right now."

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Other reports from The Associated Press noted masked attackers had gained entry and tried to throw furniture from an office. The reports also said a blaze had broken out inside one of the offices.

The neighboring Croatian Embassy also was attacked by the same group.

It took police about 45 minutes to appear at the scene, and firefighters arrived about the same time and put out the blaze. Police secured the U.S. Embassy and surrounding area, blocking off all access.

Crowds outside cheered and chanted. Riot police drove armored jeeps down the street and fired tear gas to clear the crowd.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. ambassador to Serbia was at his home and in contact with U.S. officials.

Security officials and Marine guards were in a different part of the compound, but nobody was inside the embassy building, he said.

"We want to strongly urge them, and we are in contact with them, to make sure that they devote the assets to deal with this situation," McCormack told reporters, referring to the Serbian government.

Serbia has "a responsibility now to devote the adequate resources to ensure that that facility is protected," McCormack said.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, said he was "outraged" by the attack and would ask the U.N. Security Council to issue a unanimous statement "expressing the council's outrage, condemning the attack, and also reminding the Serb government of its responsibility to protect diplomatic facilities."