The US State Department on Thursday lodged a formal complaint with the Serbian government and called the situation "intolerable" after protesters torched the US embassy in Belgrade, a spokesman said.
The State Department's third highest ranking diplomat, Nicholas Burns, called Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic to protest the storming, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
He also called security provided by Serbian forces "completely inadequate for this task."
"The message was very clear: that the situation was intolerable; they needed to act immediately to provide the adequate security forces so that our embassy compound and our personnel were not under attack," he told reporters.
McCormack confirmed that a charred body had been found inside the building but said all Americans working for the embassy were safe and accounted for.
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