Assailant outside Israeli embassy in Serbia killed after attacking police officer

An assailant with knives attacked a police officer from an elite unit guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade just after midnight on Wednesday, police said.

The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that police were treating the incident as a “terrorist attack” and had raised the terror threat to the highest level and stepped up police presence at key locations. He…