Both Serbian and Israeli officials said initial indications pointed to terrorism as a motive.
Crossbow attacker wounds a police officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Serbia before being shot deadPolice officers block off traffic at an intersection close to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 29, 2024. | Marko Drobnjakovic/APAn attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, Serbia’s Interior Ministry said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant.
A spokesman with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that “today there was an attempted terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade.” The spokesman said the embassy is closed and no employee of the embassy was injured. Dacic identified the attacker as a 25-year-old Serb who converted to Islam. Police are investigating his possible network and ties with foreign terrorist groups after another person was arrested near the scene of the shooting. he added.
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