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A person lies on the ground as police officers guard the area after an attack near the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, June 29, 2024. /Reuters
A Serbian police officer on Saturday killed an "attacker" who wounded him using a crossbow in front of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said, calling it a terrorist attack against Serbia.
Around 11 a.m. (0900 GMT), the attacker "shot a member of the gendarmerie, who was on duty securing the Israeli embassy, from a crossbow and hit him in the neck," Dacic said, adding that the officer had "used a weapon in self-defense and defeated the attacker, who died as a result of his injuries."
The police officer, identified as M.J., is in life-threatening condition and is undergoing surgery. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said no embassy employees were wounded.
Prime Minister Milos Vucevic expressed strong condemnation against the attack and wished the injured gendarmerie a speedy recovery. "Serbia will be able to respond decisively to the threat of terrorism. Anyone who thought that they could destabilize us with such inaction was mistaken," he wrote in a post on X.
Investigations are underway to determine the circumstances and motives behind the attacker, identified as 25-year-old Milos Zujovic.
Dacic said several people believed to have been linked to the incident had been arrested. "There are some indications that they (those arrested) are already known to security services and we are talking about the Wahhabi organization, but that is not confirmed," Dacic said, referring to a strict school of Islam.
(With input from agencies)