An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead, Serbia's outgoing interior minister said on Wednesday (October 28).

Minister Ivica Dacic added that he had raised Serbia's security threat level to red, the highest, and that there would be an increased police presence at key locations. The officer suffered a light head wound, Dacic said.

It is the second such attack at Belgrade's Israeli embassy in two years. In June 2024, an assailant shot a Serbian police officer in the neck with a crossbow.

The attack came a day after Israelis went to the polls, with projected results showing the opposition bloc neck and neck with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp.

Serbia's student-led movement toppled longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in an election on Sunday (October 25), but the outgoing administration remains in place in a caretaker role until the new government is formed.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

BELGRADE, SERBIA (OCTOBER 28, 2026) (SERBIAN POLICE HANDOUT - Access all) (MUTE)

1. POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHT BY POLICE TAPE

2. BODY OF ATTACKER ON FLOOR BEHIND POLICE TAPE

3. BODY (EDITOR'S NOTE: BLURRING AT SOURCE)

4. POLICE TAPE CORDONING OFF SCENE

5. BODY IN BOOTH BEHIND POLICE TAPE

6. POLICE TAPE

7. PEOPLE STANDING BY TAPE AND BODY

8. POLICE CARS PARKED

9. PERSON WALKING TO BOOTH (EDITOR'S NOTE: BLURRING AT SOURCE)

10. PEOPLE STANDING IN BOOTH (EDITOR'S NOTE: BLURRING AT SOURCE)

11. VARIOUS OF POLICE CARS PARKED

12. VARIOUS OF SERBIAN INTERIOR MINISTER, IVICA DACIC, ARRIVING AT BUILDING

13. VARIOUS OF STILL IMAGES OF POLICE CARS PARKED BY BOOTH

14. STILL IMAGE OF PEOPLE STANDING NEAR CRIME SCENE

15. VARIOUS OF STILL IMAGES CORDONING OFF SCENE