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Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-28 · by Vicky Wong

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In the early hours of Wednesday, outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, a young Serbian man attacked a police officer with knives while shouting "Allahu Akbar," resulting in the officer shooting and killing the attacker who was later identified as someone monitored by security services due to ties to Islamic State supporters. The incident prompted Interior Minister Ivica Dacic to raise the country’s terrorism threat level to “red alert,” indicating heightened security measures at critical locations. The injured police officer suffered only minor facial injuries and did not require hospitalization; no embassy staff were harmed during the attack, which is reminiscent of a similar assault on the same location in June 2024.
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A knife-wielding attacker, identified as a minor from Šabac, attacked a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade on October 28, 2026. The assailant, shouting "Allahu Akbar," rushed at the officer with two knives and was shot dead by the policeman who sustained minor injuries. Serbia's interior minister, Ivica Dacic, described the incident as a terrorist attack and raised the country’s security threat level to red, the highest alert level. Increased police presence is expected at key locations across Serbia in response to this event.

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Topics

Belgrade Israel Israeli Serbian the Islamic State

Subjects

Dacic PERSON · 3× Israeli NORP · 3× Serbian NORP · 3× Belgrade GPE · 2× Israel GPE · 2× Instagram ORG · 1× Islam ORG · 1× Islamic State ORG · 1× Ivica Dacic PERSON · 1× the Islamic State ORG · 1×

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Dacic raised the country's terrorism threat level to "red alert" - the highest threat level – meaning stricter security checks and increased police presence at places like infrastructure facilities and areas where large crowds gather.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-28
2026-10-28 · BBC News
Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 1 hedged)

- Published Serbian police shot dead a young man outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade in the early hours of Wednesday after what authorities called a "terrorist attack". asserted
authorities → publish → what
The country's interior minister, Ivica Dacic, said the attacker had rushed at a police officer with two knives while shouting the phrase "Allahu Akbar". asserted
attacker → say → phrase
The officer sustained a minor knife wound to the face and shot the attacker. asserted
officer → sustain → attacker
Dacic said the suspect has not been identified, but he was a minor and Serbian citizen who was being monitored by security services as he was "known to be a supporter of the Islamic State". asserted
he → say → State
Speaking to reporters outside the embassy, Dacic said an investigation is ongoing, but security services said the suspect had posted a picture of the Islamic State flag on his Instagram. asserted
suspect → speak → Instagram
Dacic raised the country's terrorism threat level to "red alert" - the highest threat level – meaning stricter security checks and increased police presence at places like infrastructure facilities and areas where large crowds gather. asserted
crowds → raise → facilities
The interior minister said he had visited the injured police officer, who was reportedly doing well and did not need hospital care for his wounds. uncertain
who → say → wounds
Armed security personnel were seen standing guard outside the Israeli embassy on Wednesday morning. asserted
personnel → see → morning
Israel's foreign ministry confirmed in a social media post that no embassy personnel were injured and the mission was closed at the time of the incident. asserted
mission → confirm → incident
This is the second such attack on Belgrade's Israeli embassy in less than three years; in June 2024, a man shot a police officer in the neck with a crossbow. asserted
man → shoot → crossbow
The officer who was shot survived the attack and shot dead the assailant, identified as a Serbian man who had converted to Islam. asserted
who → shoot → Islam
Wednesday's attack comes just one day after elections in Israel. asserted
attack → come → Israel
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