2024-07-02 12:41:24
Two males have been taken into custody after yesterday’s assault outdoors the Israeli embassy within the Serbian capital Belgrade. Serbia’s inside minister mentioned it was a “focused terrorist assault.”
The attacker, recognized by police as a “convert” to Islam, shot the policeman with a crossbow whereas he was on obligation outdoors the Israeli embassy early Saturday.
The police officer opened fireplace in self-defense, and the attacker subsequently died.
The attacker, a local of Mladenovac close to Belgrade, lived in Novi Pazar, the historic and political centre of the Bosnian Serb Muslim minority, police mentioned.
Early indications are that the assault was linked to individuals suspected of getting ties to the ultra-conservative Wahhabi department of Islam that dominates Saudi Arabia, authorities mentioned.
They added that a number of individuals recognized to safety providers had been suspected in reference to the assault.
“Searchs had been carried out in a number of locations in Serbia, dozens of individuals had been questioned,” Inside Minister Ivica Dacic mentioned in an interview with state broadcaster RTS on Sunday.
Prosecutors will decide whether or not they’re linked to a “focused terrorist assault,” he added.
“What’s indeniable about all these individuals is that they belong to the extremist Wahhabi motion,” Dacic mentioned.
The cursor recollects Serbian President Vucic’s response to the incident.
Earlier, Cursor wrote {that a} Jew was tried to be lynched yesterday in Kalandia, and a video of the incident was launched.
We additionally reported {that a} blatant case of anti-Semitism occurred on the London Underground, by which kids had been harmed.