A police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, was seriously wounded in a crossbow attack on Saturday but managed to shoot his assailant fatally, reported the Associated Press. Serbian authorities have classified the incident as a terrorist act, citing the attacker recently "converted to Islam and undergone radicalization."
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???? Attack on the Israeli Embassy in Serbia
In central Belgrade, a man attacked Serbian special police securing the Israeli embassy, wounding one officer with a crossbow before being killed.
A photo of the attacker who wounded a Serbian policeman in the attack on… pic.twitter.com/9wltczV5rQ
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The assailant fired a crossbow, a medieval weapon, striking the officer in the neck. Despite sustaining what was characterized as a life-threatening injury, the wounded officer demonstrated remarkable resilience and was able to regain his composure and return fire, killing the attacker. The injured officer was promptly evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment.
Serbian hero, Gendarmery Officer, Miloš Jevremović, is well following the surgery. He is awake and communicating, and has received Serbia's President, Aleksandar Vučić on a visit. Our prayers worked. Terrorist is dead, Israeli Embassy is safe, and hero gets to live. Crisis over. pic.twitter.com/h3DoTX6hDV
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Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dacic left no room for ambiguity regarding the nature of the incident, stating emphatically, "There is no doubt that this was a terrorist attack. We are hunting them down. We will have no mercy for terrorism in Serbia."
Israel's ambassador to Serbia, Yahel Vilan, said he was deeply shocked by the attack and expressed gratitude to the injured officer "who courageously prevented the attack."
