A Serbian police officer, responsible for the security of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, was injured on Saturday, June 29, by an assailant who fired a crossbow, announced Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Minister of the Interior. The policeman hit in the neck “used a weapon in self-defense” against the assailant, who is “died of his wounds”he added in a statement.
“This is a terrorist attack against Serbia”the minister said in a statement. According to Ivica Dacic, several people suspected of being linked to this attack have been arrested. “There is evidence to suggest that [les personnes arrêtées] are already known to the security services and we are talking about the Wahhabi organization [branche ultraconservatrice de l’islam qui domine en Arabie saoudite]but this is not yet confirmed »he said. In a statement, the ministry gave the identity of the attacker, a Serb, born in 1999 and converted to Islam.
Threats against Israeli interests since October 7, 2023
The Israeli Foreign Ministry, for its part, announced that there had been “an attempted terrorist attack near the Israeli embassy in Belgrade”. “The embassy is closed and no embassy employees were injured. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.”said a statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Institutions linked to Israel around the world are on high alert amid the risk of attacks and a surge in protests since Israel launched its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the attack. carried out by the Palestinian group in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
