Serbian officer kills knife attacker outside Israeli Embassy

A Serbian Gendarmerie officer shot and killed a knife-wielding assailant outside Israel’s embassy in Belgrade after the attacker wounded him, Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said Wednesday. The officer’s injury was described as light, and the incident prompted Serbia to raise its security threat level to red, the country’s highest, and increase security at key locations. Dačić said the assailant attacked the officer with two knives while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” He described the suspect as a minor whose identity had not been established and said Serbian security services had been monitoring him. Dačić also said an Instagram account associated with the attacker displayed an Islamic State flag. Authorities are investigating the attack as terrorism, according to Dačić. The reported Islamic State support has not established that the group directed or organized the assault. Serbian authorities had not announced whether the attacker had accomplices or received instructions from a terrorist organization, and the investigation remained ongoing, according to a report citing officials. The heightened alert followed the attack, with additional security measures announced for key locations....