Policeman kills knife attacker outside Israel's embassy in Serbia
Authorities raised Serbia’s terror alert to its highest level after the attack, and officials said the wounded officer was expected to be discharged Wednesday.
- An unidentified assailant attacked a guard with knives outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Wednesday; police killed the attacker, whom authorities are investigating for potential ties to the Islamic State.
- Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said police are treating the incident as a "terrorist attack" and claimed the attacker had posted support for the Islamic State on Instagram.
- Shouting "Allahu Akbar," the assailant attacked a member of the Gendarmerie with two knives; the officer, lightly wounded, "liquidated" the attacker in "self-defense," Dacic said.
- The attack follows a parliamentary election in Serbia where President Aleksandar Vucic was defeated, though Vucic and his allies currently retain control of the police as the new government forms.
- This incident follows a 2024 attack at the same Belgrade embassy where an assailant with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer; Israel also held parliamentary elections with unclear results.
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An attempted assault with a knife on a police officer in front of the Israeli embassy, finished with the assassination of the attacker. It happened shortly after midnight in Belgrade. A minor, whose identity has not yet been established but who is presumed to be originating in Sabac (city of western Serbia, ed.), attacked a member of the gendarmerie [...] The article Belgrade, attacks policeman with the knife in front of the embassy of Israel: k…
A policeman deployed under the security of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was attacked with a knife. Police retaliated by killing the minor attacker. The Home Minister has raised the level of security alerts in the country considering the incident a terrorist attack.
Attacker killed outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade
Israel's foreign ministry on Wednesday confirmed an "attempted terrorist attack" near its embassy in Belgrade, adding that no embassy personnel were injured and the incident was under investigation. "The attacker was neutralised by local police. No embassy personnel were injured, and the mission was closed at the time of the incident, which occurred late at night. The incident is currently under investigation by the relevant authorities," the mi…
ISIS-supporting minor attacks cop guarding Israeli Embassy in Belgrade with knives – before being fatally shot: report
An assailant with knives attacked a police officer from an elite unit guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade just after midnight on Wednesday, police said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker.
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