In Belgrade, a teenager was shot dead after a knife attack on a police officer near the Israeli embassy

According to RTS and N1, citing Ivica Dačić, the attack took place at around 0:15 on the night of October 28. According to the minister, the teenager rushed at the police officer with two knives and shouted “Allahu Akbar”.

Dačić said that the gendarmerie officer opened fire in self-defense. Serbia’s Interior Minister said that the police officer suffered a minor facial wound.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the information about the terrorist attack and said that embassy staff were not injured. Serbian authorities are calling the incident a terrorist attack, and a red, the highest, level of terrorist threat has been introduced across the country.

The police are investigating the attack. According to the police, the attacker came from the city of Šabac in western Serbia, and security services were monitoring his social media. Dačić also said that the teenager was allegedly a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State.

Sources

• Novaya Gazeta Europe