Crossbow assailant killed after attack at Israel embassy in Serbia
Al Jazeera
Serbian police are investigating a possible network and ties with ‘foreign terrorist groups’ after the crossbow attack on an Israeli embassy guard.
An attacker who fired a crossbow and wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot and killed in what officials described as a “terrorist attack against Serbia“.
The officer was in a guardhouse and the attacker approached him several times asking for the location of a museum, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said. He carried a bag from which, at one point, he pulled out the crossbow and shot the guard.
The police officer was hit in the neck with an arrow and fired several shots at the attacker, who later “died as a result of his injuries”. The identity of the assailant is still being determined.
“This is a terrorist attack against Serbia,” said Dacic. “We are still talking about possible motives.”
He said one person was arrested near the scene of the shooting. Police are investigating a possible network and ties with “foreign terrorist groups”, he added.
