Malta Embassy worker fired after road rage incident

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Well, hopefully this will be one less jerk for those going through the Malta embassy to deal with !!!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/u-s-embassy-worker-malta-home-road-rage-video-viral-article-1.1441392

It happened last Saturday, August 24 in the island of Malta. Somebody was in a flat in Sliema when there was a “USA vs Malta street argument.” YouTube user jakovids filmed the incident and uploaded it to Youtube with the following note: “…some maltese driver refuses to reverse to make space for this American… next thing you know he’s out the car wanting to fight!” The video posted on August 24 has now gone “viral” with 107,257 views.

On August 27, the Times of Malta reported that the US embassy has refused to confirm or deny whether an American man seen verbally assaulting a Maltese driver in an online video is a member of its staff.

On August 28, the US Embassy has reportedly admitted that the American in the video is an embassy employee. ”The US Embassy can confirm that the subject of this video was an embassy employee who has since departed,” the embassy said in a statement cited by The Times of Malta.

According to news reports, the U.S. Embassy also said Wednesday that the unidentified employee “did not comport with the standards of behavior that we expect from all embassy personnel.”

The statement is not available on the embassy’s website or the mission’s social media sites as of this writing.