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Police kill knife attacker outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade
A police officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Belgrade was attacked with two knives early Wednesday.
The officer was slightly wounded in the face and shot the attacker dead in self-defence, Serbian officials said.
The suspect was a minor whose identity had not been established, and officials said he was a Serbian citizen.
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said security services had monitored him because he was known as a supporter of the Islamic State; an investigation is continuing.
Serbia raised its terrorism threat to the highest level, bringing tighter security checks and more police at sensitive sites and crowded places.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said no embassy staff were injured, and the mission was closed at the time.
The attack follows a similar assault at the embassy in June 2024, when a crossbow-wielding attacker wounded a police officer before being shot dead.
A teenage attacker was shot dead after attacking a police guard outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade with two knives.
The guard was slightly wounded, and Serbia’s outgoing interior minister said the officer acted in self-defence.
Serbia raised its security threat level to red, its highest level, after officials described the incident as a terrorist attack.
Authorities said the attacker was a minor whose identity had not been established and who was suspected of supporting the Islamic State.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said no embassy personnel were injured and that it was investigating the incident.
- Who
- A teenage attacker and a Serbian police guard. The attacker’s identity has not been established.
- What
- The attacker wounded the guard with a knife before the guard shot him dead.
- When
- Overnight into Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Why
- Serbian authorities described the attack as a terrorist act and said the attacker was suspected of supporting the Islamic State. His motive is not stated.
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An attacker with a crossbow seriously wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade before being shot dead.
A knife-wielding attacker wounded a guard outside the embassy and was shot dead by the officer.
Serbia raised its security threat level to red, its highest level.
- Location
- Israeli embassy, Belgrade, Serbia
- Attack
- Two knives
- Guard’s injury
- Minor knife wound to the face
- Threat level
- Red, Serbia’s highest
- Attacker
- Described by authorities as a minor; identity not established
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This means tighter security checks and an increased police presence at sensitive sites, including infrastructure facilities and places where large crowds gather.
Although the attacker's identity has not been established, our services followed him and it's known that he was a supporter of [ISIS]
After that, D.S. took out his service weapon and fired several shots at the attacker, killing him on the spot