In Belgrade there was an attempted attack on the Israeli embassy, in which a policeman was injured. The attacker was killed, according to the Serbian government. According to what the Serbian TV RTS writes, the attacker used a crossbow, with which the gendarme was wounded.
The injured person is a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli diplomatic headquarters, which, as well hit in the neck by the bolt fired from the crossbow, managed to shoot and kill the assailant, the Ministry of the Interior in Belgrade says. Around 11am “an unknown person fired a crossbow at a member of the police force, who was ensuring the security of the Israeli embassy, wounding him in the neck”, writes the ministry. The agent underwent surgery to remove the dart and is now in intensive care, in conditions defined as “very serious”.
Video Attack on Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, Attacker Killed
The Minister of the Interior, Ivica Dacic, who immediately classified the episode as Wahhabi jihadist stamped terrorism – Wahhabism is a fundamentalist branch of Sunni Islam from which both Al Qaeda and ISIS originated -, said that investigations are underway. In Belgrade, Dacic said, security measures have been tightened. Several people have been detained “as a precaution”.
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic firmly condemned the “heinous terrorist attack”, stressing that the Serbian state is capable of reacting to the threat of terrorism. At the same time he invited citizens to have faith in the institutions to defend their safety. “This is a senseless act that cannot be attributed to any religion or any people,” Vucevic said. “It is the criminal action of an individual which has a name and a surname – he added. Therefore I call on citizens to remain calm and not to give in to the propaganda of those who intend to create conflicts in our country”. The prime minister then said that “Serbia is capable of responding decisively to the threat of terrorism”. “Whoever thought they could destabilize us with such nonsense was wrong”.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that “no employees were injured” in the terrorist attack on the mission in Belgrade. “The embassy is closed,” the ministry spokesman said, adding that “a local police officer was injured and the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.”
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