BELGRADE (Reuters) -An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot and killed on Saturday in what Interior Minister Ivica Dacic called a terrorist attack against Serbia.
The officer is in a life-threatening condition and will undergo surgery, Serbian news agency Tanjug said, citing Dacic.
The minister said that the attacked police officer was hit in the neck with an arrow and fired several shots at the attacker, killing him.
“This is a terrorist attack against Serbia,” Dacic said in the statement released by Tanjug.
He said several people believed to be linked to the incident have been arrested.
“There are some indications that they (the detainees) are already known to the security services and we are talking about the Wahhabi organization, but this is not confirmed,” Dacic said, referring to a strict Islamic school.
The police officer was in a guardhouse and the attacker approached him several times asking where a museum was. He was carrying a bag from which he took the crossbow and shot it at the guard, Dacic said.
(Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Alison Williams)
