Serbian Officer Kills Attacker Outside Israeli Embassy

A Serbian officer shot and killed a knife-wielding attacker outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight on October 28, after the attacker wounded him in the face, Serbian officials said. The officer was slightly injured, and prosecutors’ initial assessment found that he fired in self-defence. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade said the attacker opened the door of a security booth and approached Gendarmerie officer D.S. with two knives. The attacker threw one knife, striking the officer’s left cheek, prosecutors said. D.S. then fired several shots, killing the attacker at the scene. Investigators are still reconstructing the sequence of events, the office said. Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said authorities were treating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack and raised Serbia’s security threat level to red, the highest level. He said police would increase their presence at sensitive sites, including infrastructure facilities and places where large crowds gather. Dačić said the attacker was a minor whose identity had not been established and who was believed to be from Šabac in western Serbia. He also said security services had been...