The Serbian Police shot dead this Saturday An individual armed with a crossbow in front of the Israeli Embassy in the country’s capital, Belgrade, and that He managed to seriously injure an agent before being killed.
«Although the officer was injured, he managed to eliminate the attacker and thus prevent this attacker from causing more victims.“explained police spokesman Veljko Mijailovic in statements collected by Serbian television. B92 about the incident, which occurred around 11:00 this morning.
The individual has been identified as a “Muslim convert” named Milos Zujovic25 years old and also called ‘Saladino’, according to the Minister of the Interior, Ivica Dacic.
Although it was initially believed that Zujovic, a native of Novi Pazar, acted alone, Dacic has now said that There are “preliminary indicators” that he was linked to the ultraconservative Wahhabi movement“We have some suspicions about this matter. We are talking about people who are known to our security services in relation to this movement,” he said.
Dacic has also confirmed the detention of an unspecified number of people for “preventive reasons” and a temporary increase in security in Belgrade.
The police officer was seriously injured by an arrow in the neck. and has undergone surgery, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic later confirmed, calling the incident a “terrorist attack«, as the Israeli Foreign Ministry repeated shortly afterwards in a statement.
«The Embassy has been closed to the public and No staff members have been injured“, according to the Israeli Ministry.
The agent has been stabilized by the team of surgeons who have closed the wound in the police officer’s neck, which he pulled out the arrow with his own hands.
«The operation is over, He is stable and has been sent to intensive care “for further treatment,” said Pavle Gregoric, director of the Department of Emergency Surgery at the University Hospital of Serbia.
The city prosecutor, Nenad Stefanovic, has announced that the attacker will undergo an autopsy, after which he will give more details about his identity, according to the Tanjug news agency.