A COP is fighting for his life after a crossbow-wielding attacker shot him in the neck outside an Israeli embassy in Belgrade.
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic called it a terrorist attack against Serbia.
APA cop was shot by a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia[/caption]
APPolice officers outside the Israeli embassy after a cop was seriously injured[/caption]
ReutersA man thought to be the attacker lies on the ground outside the embassy with what appears to be a crossbow[/caption]
The policeman is in a life-threatening condition and is having surgery, Dacic said, according to Serbian news agency Tanjug.
The minister said the cop was hit in the neck with an arrow and fired several shots at the attacker, killing him.
“This is a terrorist attack against Serbia,” Dacic said.
He said several people believed to be linked to the incident have been arrested.
“There are some indications that they are already known to security services and we are talking about the Wahhabi organisation, but that is not confirmed,” Dacic said, referring to an ultra-conservative branch of Islam.
He added that security measures have now been ramped up across Belgrade.
“Security measures have been strengthened not only in front of embassies, state institutions, but we have also strengthened security measures so that citizens can see police in shopping centres, promenades,” he said.
The police officer injured in the embassy attack was stood in a guard house and the attacker approached him several times to ask where a museum was.
He was carrying a bag and took out the crossbow and shot the cop, Dacic said.
According to local reports, the attacker was also carrying a knife.
Special prosecutors have taken over the case.
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