Serbian police neutralized a terrorist who had attempted to stage an attack on Tuesday night near the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said on Wednesday.
“Local police neutralized the attacker and there were no casualties among the employees of the mission, which was closed at that time of night. The matter is under investigation by the relevant authorities,” a spokesperson for Israel’s Foreign Ministry told JNS.
Local media in Serbia quoted the country’s interior minister, Ivica Dačić, as saying that police had killed a suspected Islamic State terrorist after he stabbed and lightly wounded a local officer who was guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.
“A minor, so far unidentified … shouting ‘Allahu Akbar,’ attacked the member of Gendarmerie and attacked him with two knives,” Serbia’s Radio 021 quoted Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić as saying in a statement. He added that the police officer, who was lightly wounded, “liquidated” the assailant in “self-defense.”
The Associated Press quoted Dačić as saying that police were treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
Israel’s ambassador to Serbia, Avicit Bar-Ilan, wrote on X on Wednesday: “We are deeply disturbed and shocked by the terrorist attack on the Embassy of Israel that took place overnight. We strongly condemn it. Terrorism knows no borders. It poses a direct threat to security and peace around the world.”
Dačić “assured” Bar-Ilan, she added, that “the attack would be thoroughly investigated.” Bar-Ilan noted that, “This is already the second attack on the Embassy of Israel in the past two years.” It was a reference to the 2024 incident in which a man armed with a crossbow attacked a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade.
The attacker was identified as Miloš Žujović, a 25-year-old Serbian convert to Islam. He was shot dead after wounding an officer with the crossbow.
“We call for a swift and thorough investigation to discover who is behind this act and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice,” Bar-Ilan said.
We are deeply disturbed and shocked by the terrorist attack on the Embassy of Israel that took place overnight. We strongly condemn it. Terrorism knows no borders. It poses a direct threat to security and peace around the world.
— Avivit Bar-Ilan 🇮🇱 (@AvivitBarIlan) October 28, 2026
Following the incident, I spoke with the Minister… pic.twitter.com/e4Ji7AJPXX
Security officials raised the terror threat to the highest level in Serbia and police presence has been boosted at key locations in Serbia, the report also said.
“Given that the terrorist attack took place on our territory, as the Minister of Internal Affairs responsible for this, I have raised the level of the terrorist threat to the highest possible level; namely to the red level,” Dačić said, according to AP.
