A man who had previously behaved strangely shot a crossbow at Gendarmerie member Miloš Jevremović (11) who was on security duty at the Embassy of Israel in Knez Aleksandar Karađorčevića Boulevard in Belgrade, with a crossbow, and hit him in the neck. The embassy was closed at the time of the attack.
"It has been established that he is the person who carried out the terrorist attack on Miloš Žujović. The religious name of the attacker is Salahudin, he is a convert from Mladenovac, who moved to live in Novi Pazar. In the continuation of the action, the police will conduct searches at several locations. All our forces are at the highest level of readiness", said Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić.
Photo: Marko Dragoslavić/FoNetIsraeli Embassy in Belgrade / Photo: Marko Dragoslavić/FoNet
Jevremović was transported to the Emergency Center in a conscious but serious condition, where the arrow was removed from his neck. He was transferred to intensive care.
Blic reports that the attacker had a shaved head and a beard, and that he allegedly had a kitchen knife with him.
Terrorist act
"The person approached the policeman several times and asked him something." Then it came back, opened the door of the house in front of the Israeli embassy where security is located, pulled out a crossbow from the bag and shot the gendarme in the neck," Dacic described the course of events.
IVICA DACICIvica Dacic: Terrorist act directed against Serbia / Photo: Tanjug
The gendarme pulled out a gun and managed to shoot the assailant with several shots, who died soon after. The Special Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case in cooperation with security agencies.
Dacic assessed that "it is undoubtedly a terrorist act directed against both the state of Serbia and members of the gendarmerie."
The Minister of Police expressed his suspicion that the attacker was a member Wahhabi movement, that he converted from the Orthodox faith to Islam, that he was already known to the services, but he emphasized that this was all unconfirmed information.
He says that several persons were arrested as a precaution.
Security measures have been increased throughout Belgrade.
In 2011, the Wahhabis executed terrorist attack to the American Embassy in Sarajevo.
