The German Foreign Ministry plans to close embassies in Muslims states due to protests over the “Innocence of Muslims” film (US). Embassies will close in North African states, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Rosbalt reports.
Germany has decided to close embassies on September 14. German organizations will take additional security measures.
The US Embassy in Berlin was evacuated. A diplomat at the embassy’s visa section had respiratory problems, supposedly caused by documents brought by an Albanian. Two other diplomats who contacted the papers had health problems.
US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other diplomatic officials were killed in Libya’s Benghazi on September 11. Protests against the film were seen in Egypt, Yemen and Iran.
