An officer was injured and a 17-year-old attacker was shot dead outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, in what authorities described as an attempted terrorist attack. The embassy was closed at the time.
The attack happened at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday outside the Israeli Embassy on Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević Boulevard, according to Serbian news outlet Novosti.
The suspect, identified by the outlet as 17-year-old Dario Nikolić, allegedly approached a gendarmerie officer guarding the embassy with two knives. Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the teenager attacked and that the officer opened fire in self-defence, killing him.
The officer suffered a minor cut to his face, Novosti reported. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said no embassy personnel were injured.
