Knife-wielding attacker shot dead outside Israeli embassy in Serbia

A knife-wielding assailant was shot dead after attacking a security guard outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Serbian police said.Serbian interior minister Ivica Dacic said authorities were investigating the incident as a “terrorist attack”. The government raised the terror threat level to its highest category and increased security at key locations across the country, according to the news agency AP.According to Dacic, the attacker was a minor and was carrying two knives. He allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, meaning “God is great” in Arabic, while attacking a member of Serbia’s Gendarmerie guarding the embassy.The officer sustained a minor facial injury but managed to shoot and kill the assailant in self-defence, the minister said.Photographs released by police showed the security booth outside the embassy, with the surrounding area cordoned off using police tape.