ISIS-supporting minor attacks cop guarding Israeli Embassy in Belgrade with knives before being fatally shot: report

An assailant with knives attacked a police officer from an elite unit guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade just after midnight on Wednesday, police said.The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker.Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that police were treating the incident as a “terrorist attack” and had raised the terror threat to the highest level and stepped up police presence at key locations.He said the attacker was a minor and had two knives.

He attacked the member of the Gendarmerie, shouting Allahu Akbar, or “God is great” in Arabic.Dacic added that the police officer, who was slightly wounded in the face, killed the assailant in self-defense.Israel’s foreign ministry confirmed the “attempted terrorist attack,” saying it was under investigation by the Serbian authorities.“The attacker was neutralized by local police,” the statement said.

“No embassy personnel were injured, and the mission was closed at the time of the incident, which occurred late at night.”Serbian prosecutors said that a “person dressed in black clothes” opened the door to the guard’s booth outside the embassy and charged at the officer inside with the knives, throwing one in his direction and hitting the officer’s left cheek.The officer, identified by his initials D.S., then pulled out his weapon and fired several shots at the assailant, killing him on the spot, the office of the Higher Public Prosecutor in Belgrade, said.Police photos from the scene showed the guard’s booth outside the embassy and the area sealed off by police tape as officers in full gear stood nearby.The attacker was believed to be from the western Serbian town of Sabac, Dacic said.He said that Serbia’s security agencies had been monitoring the attacker, who he said was a supporter of the Islamic State group.

Dacic said that “he kept the black flag in support of the Islamic State on his Instagram” account.Wednesday’s attack comes just days after Serbia held a key ea...