Terrorverdacht: Serbien: Anschlag auf Polizisten vor israelischer Botschaft

In Belgrade, a suspected underage Serb attacked a police officer in front of the Israeli embassy with two knives, resulting in injuries. The officer, who was guarding the embassy building, shot the assailant in self-defense with his service weapon, according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic on state television RTS. The attacker shouted "Allahu akbar!"

(Arabic for "God is great") during the incident. Dacic described the attack, which occurred shortly after midnight, as a terrorist act and raised the country's terror alert level to its highest. The attacker was known to Serbian authorities as a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). The perpetrator came from the western Serbian city of Sabac and was reportedly a convert to Islam.

This incident is under further investigation. In June 2024, a Serbian convert to Islam attacked a Serbian police officer with a crossbow at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade. The officer was shot in the neck and responded with his firearm, fatally injuring the attacker. The police officer was injured in the attack and required surgery in the hospital.