Police kill knife attacker outside Israeli Embassy in Belgrade

An attacker carrying two knives assaulted a guard outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight on October 28, according to RT en Español - Noticias.

Times now identified the guard as a Serbian Gendarmerie officer assigned to protect the embassy. Mehr News (English), citing Serbian police, reported that the attacker stabbed the guard before being shot dead.

The attacker was killed at the scene shortly after midnight on October 28, RT en Español - Noticias reported. The supplied coverage does not establish the injured guard's condition.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic subsequently described the attacker as a minor, according to Deutsche Welle. No name or exact age appears in the available reports.

Authorities treated the incident as a suspected terrorist attack, Euronews reported. Dacic said police had declared the highest terror alert, according to Deutsche Welle, while The Independent described Serbia's security threat level as red.

The attacker is dead and Serbia's heightened security alert is the main reported response. The available coverage does not explain the evidence behind the authorities' terrorism assessment or establish whether anyone else was involved.

The embassy has been the site of a similar attack before. In June 2024, a man wounded a Serbian police officer outside the building before being shot dead by a guard, Euronews reported. The supplied coverage establishes no connection between the two incidents.

The main outstanding details are the guard's condition, the attacker's identity and the basis for classifying the assault as terrorism. Further official information would also clarify what measures accompany the red security alert and how long they will remain in place.