Serbian police kill attacker outside Israeli Embassy in Belgrade
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Euronews reports Serbian police shot dead an attacker who assaulted a guard with knives outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade early Wednesday; Interior Minister Ivica Dacic called it a suspected terrorist attack and raised the terror alert to the highest level.
Serbian police said an attacker was shot dead after assaulting a guard with knives outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade early Wednesday, Euronews World reported. [1]
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic described the incident as a suspected terrorist attack, saying authorities raised Serbia’s terror alert to its highest level and increased security at key sites. He said an unidentified minor shouting “Allahu Akbar” attacked a Gendarmerie member with two knives; the officer was lightly wounded and shot the attacker dead in what Dacic called self-defense. [1]
Dacic said Serbian security services had been monitoring the suspect as a supporter of the Islamic State group and that the person kept a black Islamic State flag on an Instagram account, according to Euronews. [1]
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- Serbian police kill attacker outside Israeli Embassy in suspected ‘terrorist attack’
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