{"id":2205,"date":"2026-10-28T09:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/serbian-police-kill-attacker-outside-israeli-embassy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:48:25","slug":"serbian-police-kill-attacker-outside-israeli-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/serbian-police-kill-attacker-outside-israeli-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian police kill attacker outside Israeli embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.120511559272\">\n<p>Serbian police killed an attacker outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade on Wednesday after an officer was targeted in a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d, outgoing Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA minor\u00a0whose identity has yet to be established\u2026 attacked a member of the police with two knives while shouting \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019,\u201d Dacic said, also raising the terrorism threat to its highest level.\n<\/p>\n<p>The interior ministry said in a statement the officer killed the attacker in self-defence but suffered a minor knife wound to the face in the incident just after midnight early\u00a0 Wednesday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>Outside the embassy, AFP journalists saw heavily armed special police guarding its entrance and patrolling the street.<\/p>\n<p>Dacic said security services had been monitoring the attacker, who was \u201cknown to be a supporter of the Islamic State\u201d and was believed to be from the western city of Sabac.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Instagram profile featured a black flag and the Islamic State emblem,\u201d he added. Dacic said the terrorism threat level had been raised to its highest, or \u201cred alert\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis means tighter security checks and an increased police presence at sensitive sites, including infrastructure facilities and places where large crowds gather,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s foreign ministry\u00a0 confirmed in a post on X that no embassy personnel were injured and that it was investigating the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>Although such attacks are rare in Serbia, the Israeli embassy in Belgrade has been targeted before.\n<\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, an attacker armed with a crossbow seriously wounded a police officer guarding the embassy before being shot dead by police.\n<\/p>\n<p>The attacker was identified at the time as a 25-year-old man from a village near Belgrade who had converted to Islam and later embraced extremist views.\n<\/p>\n<p>AFP\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. 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