Armed Man Enters Serbia Presidential Offices

Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade are negotiating with a man who has entered the president's offices with two hand grenades, say reports.

The man is reported to be angry over a legal verdict and had sent thousands of e-mails warning of his intentions.

It is not clear whether President Boris Tadic is in the building, the BBC reported.

A media source said the man had left one grenade at the entrance to the building, on Andricev Venac Square, and gone inside "with the safety pin removed from the second".

Serbian public RTS TV said the man had a grudge against the judiciary over a lengthy legal process.

He had "demanded in an e-mail which he has sent to 11 000 addresses that his case should be resolved by 4:00pm" or he would explode a grenade, said the unidentified source.

The nearby Kralja Milana Street is reported to have been closed to traffic.

The news comes a day after US Vice-president Joe Biden became the most senior American to visit Serbia since the 1999 conflict in Kosovo.

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