() – A police officer at the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was shot in the neck with a crossbow in an alleged terrorist attack this Saturday, affiliate N1 reported.
The police officer shot the attacker, who later died, according to N1. The agent has been taken to the hospital and will have to undergo surgery to remove an arrow from his neck.
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic called the incident a “terrorist attack” and said several people believed to be linked had been detained.
Dacic said there were indications that the incident involved people “already known to the police and security services: these are members of the Wahhabi movement,” referring to a strict branch of Islam.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry also described the event as an “attempted terrorist attack” in a statement. None of its employees were injured, the ministry said.
Institutions linked to Israel in Europe have been on high alert for possible attacks as a result of Israel’s deadly war in Gaza, which began after the Islamist militant group Hamas carried out incursions into Israel on October 7.
Many European countries have tightened security measures around Jewish establishments, including places of worship.
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