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Crossbow attacker shoots police officer in neck outside Israel's embassy in Serbia before he is gunned down
A crossbow-wielding attacker has wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia's interior ministry said.
The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker, who is yet to be identified, before being taken to hospital.
Both Serbian and Israeli officials said that initial indications are that it was a terror-motivated attack.
Serbia's Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, said in a statement that the attacker fired a bolt at the officer, hitting him in the neck.
He said the officer than 'used a weapon in self-defence to shoot the attacker, who died as a result of his injuries'.
An attacker with a crossbow has wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia's interior ministry said
The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker, whose weapon is seen lying in the road in the aftermath
Both Serbian and Israeli officials said that initial indications are that it was a terror-motivated attack
The police officer was conscious when he was transported to Belgrade's main emergency hospital, where an operation to remove the bolt from his neck will be performed, the statement added.
A spokesman with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 'today there was an attempted terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade'.
The spokesman said the embassy is closed and no employee of the embassy was injured.
Mr Dacic told reporters that 'we are still talking about possible motives'.
However, he added: 'There are now all indications that the motives relate to terrorism. Because there is no other motive why someone would attack a gendarme outside the Israeli embassy.'
He said one person was arrested near the scene of the shooting. Police are investigating a possible network and ties with foreign terrorist groups, he added.
Police officers eventually removed the body of the attacker from the scene this afternoon
Pictured: Armed Police officers stationed close to Israel's embassy in Belgrade
A spokesman with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade (pictured) is closed and no employee of the embassy was injured
Serbia's Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, said one person was arrested near the scene of the shooting. Police are investigating a possible network and ties with foreign terrorist groups
'There are indications that those are individuals already known to the security services... the Wahhabi movement,' said Mr Dacic, referring to the hard-line Islamist movement. 'But this still has not been confirmed.'
The identity of the attacker is still being determined.
Authorities raised the security alert in Belgrade, including for foreign embassies and government buildings but also public places such as shopping centres and other busy areas.
Serbia has maintained close relations with Israel during the war in Gaza.
Israeli embassy guard in Serbia shot with crossbow
The guard was hit in the neck but managed to fatally wound the attacker. Local authorities have declared the incident an act of terror.
A terrorist with a crossbow wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade on Saturday. The officer returned fire with his service weapon, fatally wounding the attacker.
Serbia's interior minister, Ivica Dačić, described the incident as a terrorist attack against Serbia.
According to Ivica, the officer was in a guard house and the attacker had approached him several times asking him where a museum was. He carried a bag from which at one point he took the crossbow and shot the guard.
He said several people believed to have been linked to the attack have been arrested. "There are some indications that [those arrested] are already known to security services and we are talking about the Wahhabi organization, but that is not confirmed,” Dačić said, referring to a strict school of Islam.
The guard was reportedly hit in the neck and is in life-threatening condition in hospital care. He is scheduled for surgery to remove the bolt from his body.
The attacker was identified as Salahudin Zujovic, a 25-year-old man from central Serbia who had converted to Islam from Serbian Orthodox Christianity. He worked with an accomplice, who remains at large. The two had been under observation for possible terrorist activity but there was not enough evidence to detain them
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz congratulated the Serbian police for stopping the terrorist: "I would like to thank the Government of Serbia and all those involved in the prompt response, for their strong support and cooperation following the attempted terror act on the Embassy of Israel in Belgrade today, during which a Serbian guard was injured by the terrorist. I would also like to send my wishes for a quick recovery to the injured guard. Terrorism cannot be tolerated!"
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The crossbow which Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was carrying when arrested
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